Lessons and Warnings by ibn Qayyim

Lessons and Warnings
• 0 You unarmed, having no good deeds in your account with Allah, beware of the sight of a pious man for he can see your defects from behind a veil. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Beware of the insight of a believer. ,
• Glory be to Allah: the soul has the pride of Satan, the envy of Cain, the insolence and impiety of 'Ad, the tyranny of ThamOd, the boldness of Nimrod, the tendency to attack violently like Fir'awn (Pharaoh), the injustice of Oarun, the meanness of Haman, the fancy of Bil'arrr", the trickery of the people of the Sabbathbreakers, the mutiny of AI-Walld, and the ignorance of Abu Jahl. The soul of man also took some of the characteristics of the animals such as the greediness of the crow, the gluttony of a dog, the folly of a peacock, the lowness of a scarab, the disobedience of a lizard, the spite of a camel, the impulsive jumping of a cheetah, the power of a lion, the debauchery of a mouse, the malice of a snake, the frivolity of a monkey, the desire to collect and store like an ant, the cunning of a fox, the lightness of a butterfly, and the laziness of a hyena. But through taming and fighting this soul, all these traits will be removed, but whoever submits to these follies, will become their servant and his good self will not be bought by Allah, as Allah says,
, "Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives." (At-Tawbah, 9: 111)
Allah will never purchase any good (deed) that has not been refined by faith for without it, the good deed cannot enter the world of the pious worshippers of Allah. Hand your good deeds over to the buyer (Allah) before they are ruined through doing bad deeds. In this case the buyer will not accept them. The buyer knew what defects were present in this good deed before buying it, so hand it to Him and be assured that He will never return it.
• The value of the good person is estimated according to the buyer (Allah), and the price that will be paid for it (Paradise) is also allotted by Him. If the buyer is Great, then the price is significant, and whatever is sold will be considered precious.
• 0 you who evaluate matters, do you know the value of yourself? The universe was created for your sake.
• 0 you who were fed the milk of piety and changed by the will of Allah, all things are like a tree while you are the fruit; a picture and you are the meaning; a shell and you are the pearl, and buttermilk and you are the butter.
• Allah says to His servant, "Whenever you want Me, ask Me to come. Send for Me from yourself and you will find Me near you and do not ask Me to come through another servant, as I am more near to you than the other. "
• If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins. Satan refused to bow to you when it refused to bow to your father Adam, so how come you reconciled with it and left us? If there is any love in your heart, its effect would appear on your body.
• If the heart is fed by love, greed for pleasure would disappear.
• If your love is true, you would feel an aversion for anything that does not remind you of the one you love.
How odd! Whoever claims to love and needs someone to remind him of the lover, his love is not complete. The least thing that shows your love is that you never forget your lover.
• If a lover traveled to meet his lover, his solders will ride with him. Love will be the vanguard, hope will accompany them, longing will drive them, and fear will gather them on the road to the lover. When he will be about to reach the place of his lover, they will go together. So when he comes to the lover, gifts and rewards will be given to him from every direction in order to be examined whether he will dwell in tranquility and this will be his destiny or he will search for whoever bestowed them upon him.
• Their hearts were filled with good deeds and pure feelings for Allah, and when the time of early dawn came, these deeds were performed and by dawn they reached Allah.
• They walked seriously through this worldly life facing all kinds of pleasures and lusts. A little time passed and they returned from their travel and reached the Hereafter where they found reward and relief and they entered this world of the Hereafter and they were rewarded forever.
• People emptied their hearts from whatever distracted them, and replaced such things with love and appointed eyes to guard and care for them.
• Love is never found except in an empty and honest place
Know the value of what was lost and cry like someone, who knows the value of what has passed him by.
• If the human knew the pleasure of meeting Allah and being near Him, he would feel grief for being distant from Him.
• If you taste the pleasure of the Hereafter, your drunken heart would sober up.
• Whoever feels that the path of performing good deeds is long; his walk along that path will weaken.
• Whoever is true to his intention, will be granted resolution.
• The human being is always discontent; if August comes,he will long for March.
• All hard work is easy for those who believe in Allah, when they know that Allah hears them.
• Whoever tastes the pleasures of the Hereafter, it would be easy for him to leave this worldly life.
• 0 you who are patient! Bear a little more, just a little more remains.
• If one remembers the sweetness of meeting Allah, the difficulty of fighting in His cause will be made easy for him.
• You will know where your house is in the Hereafter, so prepare yourself for it and you will be happy there.The best intention is that of he who is preparing to meet his Lord.
• Prepare yourself with good deeds before going to the Hereafter and then you will obtain your reward there. Allah says, which means, "And send (good deeds, or ask Allah to bestow upon you pious offspring) before you for your ownselves." (AI-Baqarah, 2:223)
• Paradise will be content if you performed obligatory acts of worship, Hellfire will be kept away from you if you avoid sins, and love cannot be satisfied with less than the sacrifice of your soul.
• The time in which you are obedient to Allah and you are longing for Him is the sweetest time.
• When people handed their souls over to the owner of Islamic law (Allah), He teaches them how to reach agreement in disputes so they learned to agree and obey.

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