A Lofty Benefit From Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah)

[Salafi-Markaz.Manch.]

In The Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful The Bestower of Mercy

Imaam Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said that Shaqeeq Ibn Ibraaheem (rahimahullaah) said:

The door of (success and wellbeing granted by Allaah in this life and the next) has been closed against the creation in six things:

[1]Their pre-occupation with the blessings of (Allaah), whilst being unthankful;

[2]Their desire for knowledge, whilst they abandon action;

[3]They rush towards sin, whilst delaying repentance;

[4]They are (given) prestige in accompanying the righteous people, whilst they abandon following their deeds;

[5] The worldly life elapses on them, whilst they run after it;

[6] and the afterlife is approaching them, whilst they turn away from it.


I say: The basis of this is a lack of fervent desire, fear, weakness in certainty, short-sightedness, humiliation and lowliness of the soul, and exchanging that which is better for that which is lower; otherwise, if the soul were noble and exalted, it would not have been pleased with something lower. [Al-Fawaa-id: page: 255]