Quotes from Umar

Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life.

Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith.

If patience and gratitude had been she camels, it would have mattered little on which I rode.

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.

The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.

He who sleeps without offering the night prayer, may he never enjoy a sound sleep.

Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence and increases one's noble conduct (al-murû'ah).

The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah has permitted and forbidden.

Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.

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

Death is teacher enough, true faith is wealth enough, and worship is action enough.

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

As long as you are pure of heart, you speak the truth.

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

I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.

To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.

Truth is Timeless, and returning to Truth is better than continuing in Falsehood

Learn the Arabic language; it will sharpen your wisdom.

There are four types of oceans. Passions are the ocean of sins, the self (nafs) is the ocean of lust, death is the ocean of life, and the grave is the ocean of distress

Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom.

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

A man should be like a child with his wives, but if they need him, he should act like a man

May Allah show mercy upon the man who shows me my faults.

The wisest man is he who can account for his actions.