I don’t know if I will continue to post to this wordpress. If there are no more recent posts on this journal and you would like to read newer posts, visit: must_keep_tryin.livejournal.com
June 2008
Monthly Archive
June 18, 2008
June 3, 2008
“Every time the heart is distant from Allaah the harmful things are quick in approaching it”
Posted by seekingthepleasureofallah under Uncategorized | Tags: Ibn al-Qayyim |1 Comment
Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:
And among its effects is that the disobedient (sinner) is constantly in the shackles of his Shaytaan and the prison of his shahwa (desires) and the chains/fetters of his hawaa (whims). So he is a captive, one who is imprisoned and who is tied up.
There is no captive in a worse state than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy and there is no prison which is tighter than the prison of hawa and there is no bond/fetter more strong than the bond of desire.
How, then, will a heart which is captivated, imprisoned and fettered travel unto Allaah and the Home of the Hereafter. How will a person take a single step forward when the heart is bound and harmful things approach it from every direction. The harmful things approach it to the extent that it is tied up [i.e. imprisoned by its desires and whims..].
Seeking the pleasure of Allah 