Ibn Al-Qayyim Quotes
Imam ibn ul Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him ) said :
It is not possible for the lover of the dunya to free himself from three things :
- Permanent worry
- Continuous tiredness
- Regret that does not cease.
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Imam Ibn ul-Qayyim رحمه الله
“If Allah wants well for a slave, He strips away from his heart the ability to see his own good deeds and speaking about them with his tongue, and preoccupies him with seeing his own sin, and it continues to remain in front of his eyes until he enters jannah.”
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The great scholar and Imam Ibn-ul-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him said ;There is absolutely nothing wrong in a man loving his wife and being passionate about her, unless that keeps him away from loving that which is more beneficial for him; loving Allah and his Messenger ﷺ.
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Imam Ibn ul-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said
“Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and your people.”
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Grief, sorrow and distress only occur from two directions. One of it is, The desire for the worldly life and having a zeal for it. And the second is shortening in the actions of obedience and piety.
When Iblis refused to bow to your father Adam, he refused to bow to you, so why have you become his friend?
The whole world from its beginning until its end is not worth an hour of sadness, so what about the sadness of whole life.
“If Allah wants well for a slave, He strips away from his heart the ability to see his own good deeds and speaking about them with his tongue, and preoccupies him with seeing his own sin, and it continues to remain in front of his eyes until he enters jannah.”
Ibnul Qayyim said, “If sexual intercourse takes place with gentleness and a lot of passion, complete desire & seeking reward, there will not be any enjoyment equal to it.”
“The truth is victorious and (sometimes) tested; so do not be suprised for this is the way of (Allah) the Most Merciful.”
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Piety has Three Levels:
The first will grant life to the servant, the second will grant his health and power, and the third will grant him happiness and joy.
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Ibn Qayyim رحمه الله said: “Your soul is just like your enemy, once it finds you serious, it obeys you. If it finds weakness from you, it will take you as a prisoner.”
Imām Ibn al-Qayyim said: “Whoever has no shyness has nothing of humanity left with them except for flesh and blood…”
“Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.”
Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).
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18 Benefits of (Salah) Prayer by Imam Ibn Qayyim :
It is not possible for the lover of the dunya to free himself from three things :
- Permanent worry
- Continuous tiredness
- Regret that does not cease.
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Imam Ibn ul-Qayyim رحمه الله
“If Allah wants well for a slave, He strips away from his heart the ability to see his own good deeds and speaking about them with his tongue, and preoccupies him with seeing his own sin, and it continues to remain in front of his eyes until he enters jannah.”
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The great scholar and Imam Ibn-ul-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him said ;There is absolutely nothing wrong in a man loving his wife and being passionate about her, unless that keeps him away from loving that which is more beneficial for him; loving Allah and his Messenger ﷺ.
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Imam Ibn ul-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said
“Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and your people.”
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Grief, sorrow and distress only occur from two directions. One of it is, The desire for the worldly life and having a zeal for it. And the second is shortening in the actions of obedience and piety.
When Iblis refused to bow to your father Adam, he refused to bow to you, so why have you become his friend?
The whole world from its beginning until its end is not worth an hour of sadness, so what about the sadness of whole life.
“If Allah wants well for a slave, He strips away from his heart the ability to see his own good deeds and speaking about them with his tongue, and preoccupies him with seeing his own sin, and it continues to remain in front of his eyes until he enters jannah.”
Ibnul Qayyim said, “If sexual intercourse takes place with gentleness and a lot of passion, complete desire & seeking reward, there will not be any enjoyment equal to it.”
“The truth is victorious and (sometimes) tested; so do not be suprised for this is the way of (Allah) the Most Merciful.”
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Piety has Three Levels:
- Protecting the heart and limbs against sin and forbidden actions.
- Protecting them against undesirable matters.
- Protecting against curiosity and whatever is not of one’s concern.
The first will grant life to the servant, the second will grant his health and power, and the third will grant him happiness and joy.
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Ibn Qayyim رحمه الله said: “Your soul is just like your enemy, once it finds you serious, it obeys you. If it finds weakness from you, it will take you as a prisoner.”
Imām Ibn al-Qayyim said: “Whoever has no shyness has nothing of humanity left with them except for flesh and blood…”
“Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.”
Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr).
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18 Benefits of (Salah) Prayer by Imam Ibn Qayyim :
- 1 – Prayer is something that causes one to receive sustenance.
- 2 – It is something that safeguards one’s physical health.
- 3 – It keeps away harmful things.
- 4 – It casts away illnesses.
- 5 – It strengthens the heart.
- 6 – It brightens one’s countenance.
- 7 – It delights the soul.
- 8 – It gets rid of laziness.
- 9 – It makes the limbs active.
- 10 – It increases one’s physical strength.
- 11 – It expands the chest (making one at ease and giving him insight).
- 12 – It is nourishment for the soul.
- 13 – It illuminates the heart.
- 14 – It safeguards one’s blessings.
- 15 – It repels catastrophes.
- 16 – It brings on blessings.
- 17 – It keeps away the Shaytaan (the Devil).
- 18 – It draws one close to Ar-Rahmaan
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“If you could hear the sound of the pens of the angels writing your name among those who remember Allāh, you’d die out of joy.”
“Who sincerely relies on Allāh to achieve something, will achieve it.”
“The person who treats others kindly and thinks well of them, will find that his intention will remain true, he will feel at ease, his heart will be sound and Allah will protect him from evil and calamity.”
“A slave will come on the day of judgement with sins the size of mountains, whilst finding out that his tongue has demolished it due to the frequent remembrance of Allāh, the Exalted, and what is connected to it.”
“If a heart becomes attached to anything other than Allah, Allah makes him dependent on what he is attached to. And he will be betrayed by it.”
“To recite a single ayaah of the Qur’aan with contemplation and reflection is better than reciting the Qur’aan to completion without any contemplation or reflection.”
“Grief weakens the heart, weakens determination, hurts a person’s will and nothing more beloved to shaytaan than a sad beliver.”
❝ Be in this dunya like a bee, when it eats, it eats what is pure (i.e. nectar); when it feeds, it feeds what is pure (i.e. honey). And when it lands on something, it does not break it nor cause ruin. ❞
Ibn Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Forgiveness is more beloved to Allah than vengeance, mercy is more beloved to him than punishment, grace is more beloved to him than justice, and giving is more beloved to him than withholding.”
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There are six stages to knowledge:
- 1) Asking questions in a good manner.
- 2) Remaining quiet and listening attentively.
- 3) Understanding well.
- 4) Memorising.
- 5) Teaching.
- 6) Acting upon the knowledge and keeping to its limits.
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The most beneficial remedy is that you preoccupy yourself with thoughts of what should concern you and not those that should not concern you. Thinking about what does not matter to you is the door of every evil. Whoever reflects upon what does not concern him, then he will miss what does concern him.
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Results of abandoning sins
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
1. Gaining beauty
2. Glory in the hearts of people
3. Support and protection from others If he was hurt
4. Protection of his honour if he was slandered
5. Answering his supplication and being close to Allah
6. Close to the Angels and being far from the Satans among the humans and the jinn
7. People will compete to serve him and fulfil his needs and to gain his love and company
8. He will not fear death but he will be happy to meet Allah and receive His reward
9. The world will be low in his eyes while the Hereafter will be great
10. He will seek the greatest property, supreme achievement in the Hereafter
11. Tasting the sweetness of obedience
12. Sweetness of faith
13. Supplications of the angels that carry the Throne and the other angels around him
14. Happiness of the two angels that are recording his deeds, and their supplications
15. An increase in knowledge, understanding and faith
16. Loving Allah
17. Longing to meet Him and happiness at his repentance
18. Allah will reward him with happiness and joy that are not even close to the happiness experienced when committing sins
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It is not possible for the lover of the dunya to free himself from three things :
- Permanent worry
- Continuous tiredness
- Regret that does not cease.
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“The person who treats others kindly and thinks well of them, will find that his intention will remain true, he will feel at ease, his heart will be sound and Allah will protect him from evil and calamity.”
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A divine narration states, “O son of Adam, I created you for My worship, so do not be diverted by amusement. I have made you responsible for My provision, so do not tire of working. O son of Adam, seek Me and you will find Me. If you find Me, you have found everything. If you have lost Me, you have lost everything, for I am most worthy of your love than anything.”
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“If a respectable good man sits with you, you would be watching every word you utter so that you do not say something wrong. Yet, you know that your words are watched by Allah but you still do not watch the words you utter!”
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“Verily the life of man is in the life of his heart and his soul. And there is no life in the heart except by knowing its Creator, having love for Him, worshipping Him solely, turning to Him in times of need, and seeking tranquility with His remembrance. And he who loses this life has lost all good. Even if he attempts to substitute (this loss) with all that is in the world. For verily not even all of the world together would be able to replace this life. And verily for everything that a slave loses there is a substitute, but the one who loses Allah will never find anything to replace Him.”
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Allah’s love
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah mentioned ten causes that result in Allāh’s love for His slave and the slave’s love for his Lord:
- Reciting the Qur'an while pondering over its meanings and what is meant by it.
- Getting closer to Allāh by performing voluntary deeds after completing obligatory deeds
- Continual remembrance of Allāh under all circumstances, with one’s tongue, heart and actions. The extent of one’s love of Allāh is determined by this
- Giving precedence to what He loves over what you love when you are overtaken by your desires
- The heart being avid of Allāh’s Names, and Attributes and the heart roaming in that garden of knowledge
- Observing Allāh’s kindness, goodness and bounties, both hidden and open
- And this is the most wonderful, the heart being soft, subdued and meek before Allāh
- Being alone with Allāh during the time when the Lord descends during the last portion of the night while reading His Book and ending that by asking for forgiveness and repenting
- Sitting with the beloved and sincere, benefitting from the most fruitful of their speech. And not to speak unless speaking is more beneficial and you know that it will improve your state and be beneficial to others
- Remaining away from every cause that comes between the heart and Allāh. These ten causes take the lovers to the station of true love and bring them to their Beloved.
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Hearts have been classified into three types:
- The healthy and sound heart which contains no impediment preventing it from accepting the truth, loving it, and giving it preference. Its understanding of the truth is correct and it accepts it with complete submission.
- The dead, harsh, and dry heart that does not accept the truth or submit to it.
- The diseased heart, when its disease predominates it, joins the ranks of the dead and harsh heart. But if its soundness predominates, it joins the ranks of the truthful and sound heart.
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❛Ambassadors of shaytān on Earth are those who prevent people from gaining the knowledge and understanding the deen.❜
❝Whoever firmly establishes Tawhīd in his heart, then its delight appears upon the rest of the person’s limbs and the tree of Tawhīd produces the best of fruits.❞
“Know that the greatest of losses is for you to be preoccupied with someone who will bring you nothing but a loss in your time with Allah!”
❝Wasting time is more severe than death, as wasting time keeps you away from Allāh and the abode of the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and it’s people.❞
“Whoever is arrogant against submitting to the truth; Allāh will humiliate him, degrade him, belittle him and make him lowly.”
“Be grateful for the blessing of Allāh, for gratitude is one of the noblest of attitudes.”
"Those addicted to desires end up in a situation where they get no pleasure from them, yet are unable to refrain from them.”
“Dhikr (Remembrance) of Allāh whips Shayṭān and hurts and tortures him like the whipping of rods…”
‘Deeds without sincerity are like a traveller who carries a water jug full of dirt, carrying that jug burdens him and does not bring him no benefit.’
“If you see Allaah giving you from His blessings one after the other, whilst you yourself is constant upon disobeying Him, be vigilant. Because this (i.e blessings) is only an enticement (towards punishment) that Allaah is enticing you with.”
“There is no joy for the one who does not bear sadness, there is no sweetness for the one who does not have patience, there is no delight for the one who does not suffer, and there is no relaxation for the one who does not endure fatigue.”
“Abstaining from lowering one’s gaze engraves the images (of the one who is seen) in the heart, and the heart is like the Ka’bah, and surely it will not be satisfied with idols.”
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Ibn al-Qayyim: “Don’t let your heart be like a sponge which absorbs everything.”
Some things will be good for you and some will damage you. As you let life play itself out, do not get caught up in wasted feelings, debates and negative cycles of behaviour.
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“From amongst the most beneficial remedies is constant du'aa.”
“Glorified be Allah! How many a heart is decayed yet its owner in unaware of it-the heart distorted (by that decay) and the heart swallowed in it. How many (a person) is put to trial by the praises he (recieves) from the people, decieved by Allah’s concealment of his (sin,shortcomings etc.) And being gradually led to destruction through the blessings Allah bestowed upon him (i.e. he utilizes those blessings to commit sins and feels safe from punishment). All these affairs are a punishment and humiliation, whilst the ignorant one thinks that it is nobilty.”
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