Ibnul-Qayyimرحمه
الله
said:
“From the greatest of sins which are hidden – and widely
practiced – is that the servant is enjoying a blessing that Allaahسُبحانه وتعالى has blessed him with and chosen for him, then that servant
becomes bored of it and seeks to exchange it for what he thinks (due to his
ignorance) is better for him than it, and His Lord continues to be merciful to
him and does not prevent him from this blessing, and He excuses him due to
his ignorance and this bad choice that he has chosen for himself. When he
reaches the limit in scorning this blessing and his boredom with it overcomes
him, Allaahسُبحانه
وتعالى removes
this blessing from him.
So, if he is given what he sought in
exchange for that blessing, and he sees the immense difference between what he was
previously enjoying and what he has now been given instead of it, his anxiety
and regret increase and he requests a return to what he previously had. So, if Allaah
سُبحانه
وتعالى desires good and guidance for His
servant, He allows him to bear witness that what he had was a blessing from the
blessings of Allaah upon him, and He causes him to become pleased with that
blessing and to give thanks to Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى for
it. If his soul then whispers to him to again seek to exchange that blessing
for something else, he makes istikhaarah to His Lord, the istikhaarah
of the one who is ignorant of what is in his best interests and unable to
attain them. He turns his affairs to Allaah, requesting of Him to help him make
the best decision.
And there is nothing more harmful to the
servant than to become bored of the blessings of Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى, because he does not see it as a
blessing, and he does not thank Allaah for it, and does not become happy
because of it. Rather, he belittles it, complains about it and considers it to
be a disaster – all this while it can well be from the greatest of Allaah’s
blessings upon him.
Most people have a
feeling of enmity towards Allaah’s blessings upon them, and they do not
perceive that this opening that Allaah has given them is actually a blessing,
and they exert the utmost effort in repelling it and pushing it away out of
ignorance and oppression. So, how many are those whom Allaah’s blessings comes
to one of them, and they rise to repel and fight against it? And how many are
those whom the blessing comes to one of them and he strives to push it away and
brush it to the side out of ignorance and oppression?
Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى says:
ذَلِكَ
بِأَنَّ اللّهَ لَمْ يَكُ مُغَيِّرًا نِّعْمَةً أَنْعَمَهَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ حَتَّى
يُغَيِّرُواْ مَا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
"That
is so because Allâh will never change a grace which He has bestowed on a people
until they change what is in their ownselves."
(Al-Anfal 8:53)
['al-Fawa'id' pg.
248]
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