Comfort Zones

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"In journey, a man's character is disclosed."

"Hazrat Bishar Hafi said, 'O learned men, if you would have gone out in journey, you would have been purified... In short, if a man remains confined in [his] house, his character and conduct are kept limited there and his bad character is not disclosed as no opportunity arises [for him] to see things opposed to his nature'."

(Source: Ihya Ulum-id-Din, Chapter of the Rules and Regulations of Journey)

Venture.

What are friends for.

"Hazrat Abu Darda used to sit by graves. Being asked the reason, he said: 'I sit with such people who remind me of the next world. If I go away from them, they do not backbite me.'"

(Source: Ihya Ulum-id-Din)

Rare.

Find excuses not faults

"Hazrat Ibnul Mubarak said, 'A believer searches for excuses and a hypocrite searches for faults'."

(Source: Ihya Ulum-id-Din, chapter of Love and Brotherhood)

Love and Hate

"By God, if I fast all days and pray all nights, spend all my wealth in the way of God without account and if I die on the day with no love for those who obey God and with no hatred for those who do not obey God, it will be of no use to me."

(Attributed to Abdullah ibn Omar (may God be pleased with him) in Ihya-Ulum-id-Din, the chapter of Love and Brotherhood)

Dodging the Haram

Turn away from the unlawful.
Face piety.

Step forward from the doubtful.
Approach piety.

God-fear within reach,
duck under the doubtlessly lawful,
that which clotheslines into the doubtful.

Spring up a final leap,
leaving all that is not for God,
landing in the company of the truthful.

Recommended Reading: Ihya Ulum-id-Din, Chapter of Halal and Haram

Self-admiration

allahummaj3alnee sagheeran fee 3aynee
waj3alnee kabeeran fee a3yuninnaasi

"O Allah, make me small in my own eyes,
and make me big in the eyes of others."

Above Du'a mentioned and explained in the seventh minute of this talk:
Ghazali Beginning of Guidance audio series by Mufti Abdur-Rahman Ibn Yusuf - Dars 28 - Calamities of the Heart, Envy, Ostentation

Your stomach is your foundation...

... base it on good spiritual nutrients.

"Hazrat Omar drank the milk of a camel intended for Zakat by mistake. He thrust his fingers into his throat and vomited it."

"The limbs of a man who eats lawful food become obedient to him and help him in doing good deeds." (and vice-versa)

(Source: Ihya Ulum-id-Din, Chapter of Halal and Haram (Lawful and Unlawful Things))