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Abū Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd ibn Ḥazm (Arabic: أبو محمد علي بن احمد بن سعيد بن حزم‎; also sometimes known as al-Andalusī aẓ-Ẓāhirī; November 7, 994 – August 15, 1064 (456 AH) was an Andalusian poet, polymath, historian, jurist, philosopher, and theologian, born in Córdoba, present-day Spain. He was a leading proponent and codifier of the Zahiri school of Islamic thought, and produced a reported 400 works of which only 40 still survive. The Encyclopaedia of Islam refers to him as having been one of the leading thinkers of the Muslim world, and he is widely acknowledged as the father of comparative religious studies.

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We should think of those who were famous for their good deeds or their bad deeds; did their fame raise them one single degree in the sight of Allah. Did it win them a reward that they had not already won by their actions during their life?

Famous, Islamic, Raise, Win, Winning, Wisdom

If there is someone in need whom you wish to help, whether the initiative came from him or from you, do no more than he expects of you, not what you might personally wish to do. If you overstep the mark, you will not deserve thanks, but blame from him and others and you will attract hostility, not friendship.

Deserve, Islamic, Personally, Thanks, Wisdom, Wish

No one is moved to act, or resolves to speak a single word, who does not hope by means of this action or word to release anxiety from his spirit.

Act, Action, Anxiety, Doe, Mean, Moved

The wise man knows the only fitting price for his soul is a place in Paradise.

Islamic, Knows, Man, Place, Wisdom, Wise

Anyone who criticizes you cares about your friendship. Anyone who makes light of your faults cares nothing about you.

Care, Faults, Friendship, Light, Nothing

And though the years before I die Stretch out interminably, I Shall only count my life in truth As that brief hour of happy youth.

Brief, Count, Happy, Hours, Years, Youth

When you compare yourself with others in matters of wealth, position, and health, you should look at people less favoured than yourself. When you compare yourself with others in matters of religion, knowledge and virtue, look at people who are better than yourself.

Favoured, Inspirational, Knowledge, Position, Wisdom

Knowledge no longer exists if one has ignored the attributes of the Almighty Great Creator.

Attributes, Creator, Exists, Ignored, Islamic, Wisdom

Two kinds of people live a life without care: one kind are extremely worthy of praise, the other kind are extremely worthy of criticism. The first are those who care nothing for the pleasures of the world and the second (i. e. those who are deserving of criticism) care nothing for haya or modesty.

Extremely, Islamic, Kinds, Nothing, Two, Wisdom

If your pride leads you to boast, you will be doubly guilty, because your intelligence will have shown that it is incapable of controlling your pride.

Boast, Doubly, Intelligence, Islamic, Pride, Wisdom

If you are proud of your descent from virtuous ancestors, how empty their virtue will leave your hands if you yourself are not virtuous. How little pride your ancestors will have in you in this world and the next if you do no good! All men are children of Adam whom Allah created by His own Hands, giving him paradise for a dwelling place and letting His angels bow down before him. But how little is the advantage from this since all the vices dwell in mankind and all the wicked impious people are among their number.

Among, Children, Dwell, Good, Islamic, Wisdom

Of Love--may God exalt you! -the first part is jesting, and the last part is right earnestness. So majestic are its diverse aspects, they are too subtle to be described; their reality can only be apprehended by personal experience. Love is neither disapproved by Religion, nor prohibited by the Law; for every heart is in God's hands.

Earnestness, Exalt, Heart, Love Is, Prohibited, Reality

What indicates a person’s weak religion and fear of God, is that he seeks for an opinion that suits his desire.

Desire, God, Opinion, Persons, Religion, Suits