Abu Bakr Quotes
"Jihad is obligatory for the Muslims."
- Abu Bakr
"Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Death)
"Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Enemy)
"Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Anger, Greed, Lust)
"Do not get elated at any victory, for all such victory is subject to the will of God."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: God, Victory, Will)
"Do not look down upon any Muslim, for even the most inferior believer is great in the eyes of God."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: God, Muslim, Eyes)
"Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Day, Deed)
"Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Life, Right)
"God blesses him who helps his brother."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: God, Brother)
"God helps those who fear Him."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: God, Fear)
"Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Actions, Adversity)
"Be good to others, that will protect you against evil."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Evil, Will)
"He who aspires to paradise should learn to deal with people with kindness."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: People, Paradise, Kindness)
"Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Help, Will)
"He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Muslim, Interest)
"He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: God, Paradise, Will)
"He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep."
- Abu Bakr
"He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Falsehood, Paradise, Will)
"He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Faith, Advice, Sound)
"He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: God, Day, Protection)
"I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Truth, Authority, Help, Right, Wrong)
"If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: World)
"If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Advice, Right)
"If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: God, People, Blessings)
"If you want to control other people, first control yourself."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: People, Control, First, Want)
"Have an earnestness for death and you will have life."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Death, Life, Will)
"Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Selling, Measure)
"In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Eyes, Justice)
"It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Birds, Shame)
"Intentions count in your actions."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Actions, Intentions)
"Knowledge is the life of the mind."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Life, Knowledge, Mind)
"Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Man, Poor, Pride)
"Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Evil, Goodness, Piety, Vice)
"Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Greatness, Will)
"Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Life, Indolence, World)
"O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Man, Trying, World)
"Muslims should live like brothers."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Brothers)
"Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may be against your interest."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Desire, Interest, May)
"Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Evil, Man)
"You should not quarrel with your neighbour, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: People, Quarrel, Talk, Will)
"It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Man, Old, Sin)
"Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Knowledge, Action)
"When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Advice, Facts)
"When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Knowledge, Exploitation, Folly)
"To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Evil, Fight, Self)
"There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Death, God, Harm, Patience, Profit, Sorrow, Will)
"There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Faith, God, Fear, Greatness, Contentment, Humility)
"The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Affliction)
"The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: People, Humility)
"The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Fear, Knowledge, Will)
"The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Truth, Honesty, Dishonesty, Falsehood)
"Solitude is better than the society of evil persons."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Society, Evil, Solitude)
"Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: Hair, Youth)
"When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God."
- Abu Bakr
(Related: God, Fear)