From the famous book, 'Ad-daa Wad-Dawaa' of Ibnul-Qayyim (rahimahullaah)
By: Aboo Tasneem Daawood Adeeb al-Atharee, [Khutbah, March '05]
Transcribed by: Umm Hasna Firdous Bint Jabir *Overview* :
"Allaah wishes to make clear (what is lawful and what is unlawful) to you,and to show you the ways of those before you, and to accept your repentance,and Allaah is the All*!-Knower, All*!-Wise. Allaah wishes to accept yourrepentance, but those who follow their lusts, wish that you should deviatetremendously away from the right path. Allaah wishes to lighten (the burden)for you; and man was created weak." [Sooratun-Nisaa', 4:26-27]
Know that reflective thoughts are not themselves harmful; rather whatbecomes harmful are constant (obsessive) ponderings. A thought aboutsomething is like a passer-by, if you do not call him, he will pass you byand go upon his way. However, if you call him, he will dupe and deceive youby his speech, and this is the easiest thing to do for the Nafs that isfilled with falsehood. However, it is the most difficult thing to bear forthe Nafs that is contended.Allaah has placed in all of mankind two kinds of Nafs :
Nafs Amaarah (thesoul that commands evil), and Nafs Mutma'innah (the soul that is content).They always oppose each other, so what is sweet for o*!ne is bitter for the other. There is nothing more difficult for the soul that commands evil thanto go against its desires by working for Allaah's pleasure, however, this isthe most beneficial thing for it. Likewise, there is nothing more difficultfor the soul that is content than to work for other than the pleasure ofAllaah. Every person has both a Nafs Mutma'innah and a Nafs Amaarah.
Additionally, there is an angel o*!n the right side (of every person) and itworks in conjunction with the Nafs Mutma'innah. Likewise, o*!n the left side(of every person), there is a Shaytaan that works in conjunction with theNafs Amaarah, and there is a constant, o*!ngoing struggle between the two andit does not cease until this person's appointed time in this life ceases. Falsehood always sides with the Shaytaan and the Nafs Amaarah, whereas thetruth always sides with the angels and the Nafs Mutma'innah, and the victoralternates.
However, victory comes with patience and whoever remains patientand has taqwaa (fear and consciousness) of Allaah, then he will be grantedthe upper-hand in this life and in the next. This is the law of Allaah thatnever changes.
**** …………………………….. **** Khutbatul Haajah ….
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Al-Islaam, those of you who believe inAllaah and His Angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Divine Decree --the good and the evil of it, the sweet and the bitter of it. O You whobelieve, those of you who believe in the things that we cannot see, thosethings that are hidden from our view, those things like the Angels, and theJannah and the Naar, the Paradise and the Hellfire, and those things that wecan't see like the Jinn and our Nafs.The Jinn is a creature that Allaah subhanawata'ala has created to worship Him, similar to the human being, but he is a creature that we cannot see inthis life and this Dunya with our eyes. And as Imaam as-Shaafiee(rahimahullaahi ta'ala) said :
'Anyone who says that they can see the Jinnin this life, then their testimony, (their Shahaadah) will never be taken.Their testimony for the contract of marriage or contract of business or anytype of testimony will not be accepted for no o*!ne can see the Jinn in this life. '
The other creatures that Allaah subhanawata'ala has created is insideof ourselves, that creature is called an-Nafs. In this Khutbahtul Haajahthat the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihiwa sallam) used to say for every Jummah and every salaatul Eid whether it be Fitr or Adha and at the weddings, he used to say,
"Innal Hamda lillaah Nahmaduhu wa nastha eenuhu wanasthaghfirhu wa naoozu billaahi min shuroori anfusinaa, wamin saiyyia'athia'amaalina ..
All Praise is due to Allaah. We praise Him and beseech His help and in Him we seek forgiveness and we seek the refuge of Allaah from the mischief of our Anfus – the mischiefness of our souls, that Nafs similar to Shaitaan, similar to Iblees, similar to the Jinn that whispers to the human beings to make them think things, to make them say things, to make them do things that they should not be saying or doing.
Allaah subhanawata'ala He says :
'Surely We created the human being and weknow what his nafs whispers to him.'
There is not a Muslim who is sitting in this blessed Masjid, this House of Allaah tabarak wa ta'ala that does not have a jinn that whispers to him or her something evil.Allaah subhanawata'ala again in His Book says (Surah 114 An-Naas) :
'Say to them O Muhammad, [image: Peace and blessings be upon him] I seek refuge with the Lord of the human beings; the Master, the King ofthe human beings; the God of the human beings; (there is a jinn that iscalled Al-Khannas)
We seek refuge with our Lord, the King, the Master, theGod of mankind from this Khannas; We seek refuge with Allaah subhanawata'ala from the Khannas, the o*!ne who is Muthawa'ariee al-Mukhthafee -- the o*!ne who is hidden, we can't see him but he comes to us and he says, 'say that, do this, say this and do that..' and he runs away. He runs away thecoward that he is. Those things go inside of our hearts and they go insideof our minds. We seek refuge with Allaah from the o*!ne who whispers in theSadr – in our sudoor (in our chest) from the jinn and the men. Because we have the Jinn (the Shayaateen) and the Shayaateen from the human beings. i.e we have the devils from the Jinn and the devils from the men and both of them whisper. But our Nafs is something that is with us all time and it whispers to us.
'Walillaahil Hamd – All Praise is due to Allaah – that Allaah (subhana wata'ala) has favoured this Ummah to not being held accountable for the things they have in their mind, for not being held accountable for the things they have in their hearts – unless they say those things or do those things.
There is not o*!ne of us that does not have evil thoughts – not o*!ne of us. All of us have evil thoughts. But the Prophet [image: Peace and blessings beupon him] o*!n the authority of Abu Huraira (radiallaahu tha'ala anhu warad'aahu) collected by Imaam Muslim in his saheeh, 'the Prophet [Peace and blessings be upon him] said :
Allaah has absolved, Allaah has excused, Allaah has pardoned, Allaah has forgiven, Allaah has done away with for this Ummah , for me – My ummah, for this nation, this Ummah of Islaam all the things that they think about --all the things that comes to their minds and their hearts – all those evil thoughts about backbiting their brother, and slandering their sister, and picking up that glass of beer, whisky or wine, when they have the thought ofsmoking the marua'ana or have the thought to commit zinaa (wa iyyadubillaah) or have the thought of stealing or robbing or any of those evil thoughts or even worse -- thoughts about prophets and messengers of Allaah,which some of us unfortunately have in our heads and in our minds orthoughts that are bad about Muhammad [image: Peace and blessings be upon him] himself –Allaah subhana wa ta'ala has excused us and pardoned us. 'Maa lam tha'lam awthatha kallam.' As long as we don't do those things or say those things then, those things that are in our minds of evil – those things that are in our minds that whisper to us from our nafs or from Shaitaan or evil, of wretchedness, those horrible thoughts that come to our minds we areforgiven. Walillaahil Hamd we are forgiven.
The companions of the Messenger of Allaah [image: Peace and blessings beupon him] -- they were the best of human beings after the prophets and the messengers but they also used to have bad thoughts. As the hadith of the companions of theProphet [Peace and blessings be upon him said : 'that a party of the companions of the messenger of Allaah Peace and blessings be upon him] they came to him asking him : O' Messenger of Allaah, o*!ne of us have some things in the inside of our heads. We have some thoughts that comes to our minds that are so ugly, they are so horrendous, they are so horrible, they are so evil that we are even afraid to talk about them. The Messenger of Allaah [ Peace and blessings be upon him said :
Do you really have those type of thoughts in your minds? You really have those evil thoughts in your minds, you really find those things in your minds?' They said : 'Yes, we have these evil thoughts O' Messenger of Allaah.' The Messenger of Allaah [Peace and blessings be uponhim said: 'zaakaa sarihul Imaan. Zaakaa sarihul Imaan … -- that is clear, pure,faith.'
In another narration collected by Imaam Abu Dawuud (rahimahullaah): the prophet [image: Peace and blessings be upon him said,
By: Aboo Tasneem Daawood Adeeb al-Atharee, [Khutbah, March '05]
Transcribed by: Umm Hasna Firdous Bint Jabir *Overview* :
"Allaah wishes to make clear (what is lawful and what is unlawful) to you,and to show you the ways of those before you, and to accept your repentance,and Allaah is the All*!-Knower, All*!-Wise. Allaah wishes to accept yourrepentance, but those who follow their lusts, wish that you should deviatetremendously away from the right path. Allaah wishes to lighten (the burden)for you; and man was created weak." [Sooratun-Nisaa', 4:26-27]
Know that reflective thoughts are not themselves harmful; rather whatbecomes harmful are constant (obsessive) ponderings. A thought aboutsomething is like a passer-by, if you do not call him, he will pass you byand go upon his way. However, if you call him, he will dupe and deceive youby his speech, and this is the easiest thing to do for the Nafs that isfilled with falsehood. However, it is the most difficult thing to bear forthe Nafs that is contended.Allaah has placed in all of mankind two kinds of Nafs :
Nafs Amaarah (thesoul that commands evil), and Nafs Mutma'innah (the soul that is content).They always oppose each other, so what is sweet for o*!ne is bitter for the other. There is nothing more difficult for the soul that commands evil thanto go against its desires by working for Allaah's pleasure, however, this isthe most beneficial thing for it. Likewise, there is nothing more difficultfor the soul that is content than to work for other than the pleasure ofAllaah. Every person has both a Nafs Mutma'innah and a Nafs Amaarah.
Additionally, there is an angel o*!n the right side (of every person) and itworks in conjunction with the Nafs Mutma'innah. Likewise, o*!n the left side(of every person), there is a Shaytaan that works in conjunction with theNafs Amaarah, and there is a constant, o*!ngoing struggle between the two andit does not cease until this person's appointed time in this life ceases. Falsehood always sides with the Shaytaan and the Nafs Amaarah, whereas thetruth always sides with the angels and the Nafs Mutma'innah, and the victoralternates.
However, victory comes with patience and whoever remains patientand has taqwaa (fear and consciousness) of Allaah, then he will be grantedthe upper-hand in this life and in the next. This is the law of Allaah thatnever changes.
**** …………………………….. **** Khutbatul Haajah ….
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Al-Islaam, those of you who believe inAllaah and His Angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Divine Decree --the good and the evil of it, the sweet and the bitter of it. O You whobelieve, those of you who believe in the things that we cannot see, thosethings that are hidden from our view, those things like the Angels, and theJannah and the Naar, the Paradise and the Hellfire, and those things that wecan't see like the Jinn and our Nafs.The Jinn is a creature that Allaah subhanawata'ala has created to worship Him, similar to the human being, but he is a creature that we cannot see inthis life and this Dunya with our eyes. And as Imaam as-Shaafiee(rahimahullaahi ta'ala) said :
'Anyone who says that they can see the Jinnin this life, then their testimony, (their Shahaadah) will never be taken.Their testimony for the contract of marriage or contract of business or anytype of testimony will not be accepted for no o*!ne can see the Jinn in this life. '
The other creatures that Allaah subhanawata'ala has created is insideof ourselves, that creature is called an-Nafs. In this Khutbahtul Haajahthat the Prophet (sallallaahu alaihiwa sallam) used to say for every Jummah and every salaatul Eid whether it be Fitr or Adha and at the weddings, he used to say,
"Innal Hamda lillaah Nahmaduhu wa nastha eenuhu wanasthaghfirhu wa naoozu billaahi min shuroori anfusinaa, wamin saiyyia'athia'amaalina ..
All Praise is due to Allaah. We praise Him and beseech His help and in Him we seek forgiveness and we seek the refuge of Allaah from the mischief of our Anfus – the mischiefness of our souls, that Nafs similar to Shaitaan, similar to Iblees, similar to the Jinn that whispers to the human beings to make them think things, to make them say things, to make them do things that they should not be saying or doing.
Allaah subhanawata'ala He says :
'Surely We created the human being and weknow what his nafs whispers to him.'
There is not a Muslim who is sitting in this blessed Masjid, this House of Allaah tabarak wa ta'ala that does not have a jinn that whispers to him or her something evil.Allaah subhanawata'ala again in His Book says (Surah 114 An-Naas) :
'Say to them O Muhammad, [image: Peace and blessings be upon him] I seek refuge with the Lord of the human beings; the Master, the King ofthe human beings; the God of the human beings; (there is a jinn that iscalled Al-Khannas)
We seek refuge with our Lord, the King, the Master, theGod of mankind from this Khannas; We seek refuge with Allaah subhanawata'ala from the Khannas, the o*!ne who is Muthawa'ariee al-Mukhthafee -- the o*!ne who is hidden, we can't see him but he comes to us and he says, 'say that, do this, say this and do that..' and he runs away. He runs away thecoward that he is. Those things go inside of our hearts and they go insideof our minds. We seek refuge with Allaah from the o*!ne who whispers in theSadr – in our sudoor (in our chest) from the jinn and the men. Because we have the Jinn (the Shayaateen) and the Shayaateen from the human beings. i.e we have the devils from the Jinn and the devils from the men and both of them whisper. But our Nafs is something that is with us all time and it whispers to us.
'Walillaahil Hamd – All Praise is due to Allaah – that Allaah (subhana wata'ala) has favoured this Ummah to not being held accountable for the things they have in their mind, for not being held accountable for the things they have in their hearts – unless they say those things or do those things.
There is not o*!ne of us that does not have evil thoughts – not o*!ne of us. All of us have evil thoughts. But the Prophet [image: Peace and blessings beupon him] o*!n the authority of Abu Huraira (radiallaahu tha'ala anhu warad'aahu) collected by Imaam Muslim in his saheeh, 'the Prophet [Peace and blessings be upon him] said :
Allaah has absolved, Allaah has excused, Allaah has pardoned, Allaah has forgiven, Allaah has done away with for this Ummah , for me – My ummah, for this nation, this Ummah of Islaam all the things that they think about --all the things that comes to their minds and their hearts – all those evil thoughts about backbiting their brother, and slandering their sister, and picking up that glass of beer, whisky or wine, when they have the thought ofsmoking the marua'ana or have the thought to commit zinaa (wa iyyadubillaah) or have the thought of stealing or robbing or any of those evil thoughts or even worse -- thoughts about prophets and messengers of Allaah,which some of us unfortunately have in our heads and in our minds orthoughts that are bad about Muhammad [image: Peace and blessings be upon him] himself –Allaah subhana wa ta'ala has excused us and pardoned us. 'Maa lam tha'lam awthatha kallam.' As long as we don't do those things or say those things then, those things that are in our minds of evil – those things that are in our minds that whisper to us from our nafs or from Shaitaan or evil, of wretchedness, those horrible thoughts that come to our minds we areforgiven. Walillaahil Hamd we are forgiven.
The companions of the Messenger of Allaah [image: Peace and blessings beupon him] -- they were the best of human beings after the prophets and the messengers but they also used to have bad thoughts. As the hadith of the companions of theProphet [Peace and blessings be upon him said : 'that a party of the companions of the messenger of Allaah Peace and blessings be upon him] they came to him asking him : O' Messenger of Allaah, o*!ne of us have some things in the inside of our heads. We have some thoughts that comes to our minds that are so ugly, they are so horrendous, they are so horrible, they are so evil that we are even afraid to talk about them. The Messenger of Allaah [ Peace and blessings be upon him said :
Do you really have those type of thoughts in your minds? You really have those evil thoughts in your minds, you really find those things in your minds?' They said : 'Yes, we have these evil thoughts O' Messenger of Allaah.' The Messenger of Allaah [Peace and blessings be uponhim said: 'zaakaa sarihul Imaan. Zaakaa sarihul Imaan … -- that is clear, pure,faith.'
In another narration collected by Imaam Abu Dawuud (rahimahullaah): the prophet [image: Peace and blessings be upon him said,