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Allah the Exalted says:

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“Make not your oaths a deceit between you, lest a foot should slip after being firmly planted and ye should taste evil forasmuch as ye debarred (men) from the way of Allah, and yours should be an awful doom.” (16:94)

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“Make not your oaths a deceit between you, lest a foot should slip after being firmly planted and ye should taste evil forasmuch as ye debarred (men) from the way of Allah, and yours should be an awful doom.” (16:94)

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Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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Whoever desires to elevate their structure must secure its foundation, reinforce it, and attend to it with great care.

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For the height of a structure is proportional to the strength of its foundation.

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Deeds and spiritual ranks are the structure, and their foundation is faith.

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When the foundation is secure, it supports the structure and allows it to rise.

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If any part of the structure collapses, it is easy to repair.

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But if the foundation is not secure, the structure will neither rise nor remain stable.

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And if any part of the foundation collapses, the structure falls or is on the verge of falling.