Keys to Everything

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Key to salah is wudu
Key to hajj is ihram
Key to taqwa is sadaqah
Key to Paradise is tawhid
Key to knowledge is asking intelligent questions and listening attentively
Key to victory or getting what you want is patience
Key to getting an increase in this world and the next is gratitude 
Key to becoming a wali of Allah is zikr and love of Allah and His Messenger
Key to success is taqwa
Key to taufiq is to understand and desire of what Allah loves and fear or have aversion to what Allah hates - inclination to what Allah loves
Key to response from Allah is du’a
Key to entering into Allah’s presence is pure heart, love and sincerity towards Allah
Key to the life of the heart is reflecting on the Qur’an, calling on Allah in tahajjud and stopping wrong actions
Key to gaining Allah’s Rahmah is doing ibadah properly (with ihsan) and helping the creation
Key to provision is go out and look for it with istighfar
Key to dignity is obedience to Allah
Key to getting ready for the akhirah is having short hopes
Key to every good is to the desire of the akhirah
Key to every evil is the love of this world

~ Hamza Yusuf ~
 

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