The State Of Adam (as), By Ibn Al-Jawzee

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Beware of sins for they brought forth humiliation to the forefather of mankind after he had enjoyed the gory of His commanding the Angels to "prostrate to Aadam" [17:61] and it is what made him leave the comfort of "dwell you and your wife, in Paradise." [2:35]

From the moment Aadam (as) was captivated by his desire, he fell and his sorrow became long-lasting... Indeed the most intense darkness is that which is preceded by light, the most deleterious kind of abandonment is that preceded by close ties...

It is surprising how Jibra'eel (as) prostrated to mankind at the beginning but afterwards he is the one to drag them by their foreheads, while the haggard one begs him, "be gentle!"...

The aching breaths of Aadam (as) started burning him when (Allaah said) "Aadam disobeyed" [21:121] and would have overcome him had he not been saved by the water of "He accepted his repentance." [2:37]

Every time he saw Angels descending from heaven (to earth where he was sent down) he was reminded of the joy of his stay in Paradise, and so his eyes would immediately start shedding tears to lessen his grief. Seeing his earthly possessions always reminded him of what he had been granted in Paradise, and the ensuing sorrow would almost make his hope turn into despair...

The weeping of Aadam (as) for his exile from Paradise is incomparable to the weeping of any other. His overwhelming deep sorrow and distress was not because of losing Paradise itself, but rather because if his being distanced from the Lord of Paradise!

["Seeds Of Admonishment And Reform", by Ibn Al-Jawzee, translated by Aymaan Ibn Khaaled, p. 34-36]

 

[Abu Loren]

Salaam,

This article is seriously flawed and is like a Christian novella than anything Islamic. There is no evidence in the Holy Qur'an nor in the Hadiths that Prophet Adam (Alayhi Salaam) was captivated by his desires. Where does it say that he wept when he was sent down to earth with his wife?
We are told that Prophet Adam (Alayhi Salaam) and later his progeny would be vicegerent on earth hardly a fall from grace as this sheyk and the Christians have us believe.

 

[Janaan]

Salaam,

This article is seriously flawed and is like a Christian novella than anything Islamic. There is no evidence in the Holy Qur'an nor in the Hadiths that Prophet Adam (Alayhi Salaam) was captivated by his desires. Where does it say that he wept when he was sent down to earth with his wife?
We are told that Prophet Adam (Alayhi Salaam) and later his progeny would be vicegerent on earth hardly a fall from grace as this sheyk and the Christians have us believe.

wa'alikum salaam.

Ibn al-jawzee is a well known scholar of the past, akhy, he's done some great work maashaa'Allaah (Adh-Dhabi mentioned that he wrote seven hundred books in his Siyar A'laam an-Nubala).

Now, the part about him weeping is new to me as well... I'll have to look more into it.
But 'captivated by his desire' is pretty simple to understand. Allaah mentions in the Qur'aan that he fell prey to Iblees' evil ways, no? (taaha:120, al-a`raaf:20 and the result is al-baqarah:36) And anything that stands in the way of following your Lord's Commands is, at the end, the result of following your own desires.