Umar ibn Al-Khattab (R.A) Quotes

"Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance."

"He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands."

"When you see that any scholar loves the world, then his scholarship is in doubt."

"Allah loves moderation and hates extravagance and excess."

"There is no goodness in people who don't give advice, and there is no goodness in people who don't like to be advised."

"God forbid, men should be jealous of knowledge as they are jealous of women."

"That which you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others."

"Fear Allah, for He alone lives; all other things are liable to perish."

"Sit with those who love Allah, for that enlightens the mind."

"Take account of your deeds before they are taken account of."

"Seek knowledge and teach it to people. Learn dignity and tranquillity, and be humble towards those from whom you learn knowledge and be humble towards those to whom you teach it, and do not be tyrannical scholar otherwise your knowledge cannot be established because of your tyranny."

"Get used to a rough life, for luxury does not last forever."

"What regresses, never progresses."

"Islam will be destroyed by the mistakes of scholars, the arguments of the hypocrites who misinterpret the Qur'an to support their views and misleading rulers."

"Do not be misled by hearing of anyone's reputation."

"Try as much as you can to mention death. For if you were having hard times in your life, then it would give you more hope and would ease things for you. And if you were having abundant affluence of living in luxury, then it would make it less luxurious."

"Do not be an arrogant scholar, for scholarship cannot subsist with arrogance."

"Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable."

"He who does now know evil will fall into it."

"Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man."

"If a sheep dies on the shore of the Euphrates I fear lest Allah ask me to account for it on the Day of Resurrection."

"The person I like most is the one who points out my defects."

"He who wins through fraud is not a winner."

"The most important of your affairs in my view is prayer; whoever prays regularly has protected his faith, but whoever neglects it, is bound to be more negligent in other issues of faith."

"Renouncing the worldly pleasures is a comfort for both the human heart and body."

"On every dishonest man, there are two watchmen, his possessions, and his way of living."

"Avoidance of sin is lighter than the pain of remorse."

"To forgive an oppressor is oppression upon the oppressed."

"Forgive people so that Allah may forgive you."

"Taqwaa is not by praying all night and fasting all day but rather it is abiding by the commands of Allah and staying away from His prohibitions."