Sayings of Ibn Al-Qayyim al-Jawzziya:

Abu Juwairiya

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"In this world there is a Paradise, whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter." (Ibn al-Qayyim)
 
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Abu Juwairiya

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Ibn Qayyim also wrote a book on government and the law [which has yet to be translated in full or published and made available to more people world wide.] It is entitled:

'The Legal Methods in Islamic Administration'
 
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Abu Juwairiya

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“No slave of Allah commits a sin except that a blessing from Allah is removed from him, equal to that sin.” — Ibn al-Qayyim
 
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Abu Juwairiya

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"The heart of the servant of Allāh becomes dried whenever it is devoid of:

1. Love for Allāh
2. Knowledge about Him
3. His remembrance
4. Supplication and invocation
5. Tawhīd"
(Ibn Al-Qayyim)
 

Abu Juwairiya

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‘If the person goes into Salah and then turns away (his heart turns away, his mind or thoughts turn away), Allah says, ‘O My servant, where are you going? To something better than Me?’ (Ibn Qayyim)
 
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Abu Juwairiya

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"Purifying the souls is harder and more difficult than curing the bodies. So whoever purifies his soul through exercise, hard work and being in isolation- all of which the Messengers did not come with- he is like a sick person that tries to cure himself based on his own opinion.

Where is his opinion with respect to the expertise of a doctor? The Messengers are the doctors of the hearts- there is no way to purify and rectify the hearts except through their way, at their hands and by totally submitting and complying with them. And we ask Allah for His Assistance!" (Mudaarij-Us-Saalikeen (2/300)
 

a_stranger

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There are three kinds of passive feelings, which affect the heart and they are either related to the past, which causes sorrow, or related to the future so as to cause grief, of finally related to the present so as to cause distress.

(AL-FAWA’ID A COLLECTION OF WISE SAYINGS Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim)
 

a_stranger

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If the heart is not pure or honourable enough, and distance from every evil and malice, then it is unworthy to love, know and aspire to Allah. On the contrary, the lowest description of man’s heart is that he loves and aspires to this worldly life instead to Allah, the Almighty.

When man’s love, knowledge and aspiration is directed in this worldly way, the heart becomes narrow and gloomy as it is distant from the source of its revival and life.



(AL-FAWA’ID A COLLECTION OF WISE SAYINGS Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim)
 

a_stranger

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Subsequently, the hearts of man can be divided into two kinds, the first of which is the heart of those, who incline to the Beneficent, which is the source of brightness, life, happiness, pleasure, delight and blessings.

The second one is the throne of the devil where narrowness, darkness, death, sorrow, distress and grief are settled therein. This heart is obsessed by sorrow for the past, and grief and distress for the present.



(AL-FAWA’ID A COLLECTION OF WISE SAYINGS Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim)
 

a_stranger

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In order for a place to contain something, it must be free from whatever contradicts it. This principle applies to mankind and all creation as well as to belief and desires.

So, if the hearts is obsessed by belief in falsehood, there will be no place for truth.

Accordingly, if the tongue is involved in trivial discourse, one shall be incapable of useful speech, unless falsehood is abandoned.


(AL-FAWA’ID A COLLECTION OF WISE SAYINGS Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim)
 

a_stranger

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The servant has a Lord that he will stand in front of and a house that he will live in, so he must seek the pleasure of Allah before meeting Him and he should furnish his house before moving into it.

(AL-FAWA’ID A COLLECTION OF WISE SAYINGS Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim)
 

a_stranger

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Illumination of the Heart

“Worship and obedience illuminate the heart and make it strong and steadfast, until it becomes like a clear mirror, shining with light.

When Shaytaan draws close, he is struck by its light like those who try to eavesdrop [in the heavens] are struck by the shooting stars, and Shaytaan flees from this heart with more terror than a wolf fleeing from a lion. “Al-Qayyim
 

a_stranger

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"When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf (`alayhis-Salaam) physical beauty it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted him knowledge (when he interpreted the dream of the king) it not only took him out of prison, but elevated his rank in society, clearly showing us the virtue of knowledge and that physical beauty does not mean anything."

Ibn al Qayyim [Al-‘Ilm wa Fadhluhu wa Sharafuhu p. 32].
 
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