Imâm Ibnul-Qayyim رحمه
الله
“If there were nothing in abstaining
from sins and disobedience except establishing honour, preserving dignity,
keeping nobility, protecting the wealth that Allaah has made a means of rectifying
the dunya and aakhira, loving the creation, maintaining speaking among them
[the creation], rectifying the material life, tranquility in the body and
strength of the heart;
Also goodness of the soul, bliss of the
heart, opening of the heart, peace from the frights of the evildoers, relief
from worries and depression, strengthening of the soul that could possibly be
subdued, preservation of the light of the heart that can be extinguished by the
darkness of disobedience, the opening of a way out when the evildoers and
sinners apply pressure.
Also ease of subsistence from whence
was never conceived, ease of that which is difficult for the heads of sin and
disobedience, ease of [further acts of] obedience, ease of acquiring knowledge,
the good praise of the masses, the abundant making of dua for those who
abstain, the sweetness their sublime face has in the hearts of the people
and their support and protection of them [those who abstain from sins] if they
are harmed or oppressed or slandered by those who slander.