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Sins are like chains and locks preventing their perpetrator from roaming the vast garden of Tawheed and reaping the fruits of righteous actions.

Ibn Taymiyyah

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Ibn Taymiyyah
Islamic Jurist
Philosopher
Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya
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