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.
Also the speed at which their dua is
accepted, the lack of loneliness [due to that which is] between them and
Allaah, the proximity of the angels to them and the distance of the devils of
mankind and the jinn from them, the people hastening to help them and do
favours for them and the people proposing [marriage] for them due to their love
for them.
Also the masses’ befriending them, the
lack of fearing death but rather being happy with it due to their going toward
their lord, meeting Him and going towards Him; the insignificance of the
worldly life and the significance of the Hereafter, their determination for the
Great King and great success in abstaining from sins and the tasting of the
sweetness of Imaan.
Also the supplication of those who
carry the Throne and the surrounding angels for them, the joy of those who
write their deeds and their prayers for them at all times, increase in their
intellect, understanding, knowledge and Imaan; the attainment of Allaah’s love
for them and His dedication for them, like this He rewards them with happiness
and contentment in a manner that they will not gain through sinning in any way
at all.
These are some of the benefits of
abstaining from sins in the worldly life. And when they die, the angels meet
them with glad tidings from their lord of the Jannah – that they should not
fear, nor be saddened as they are travelling from the prison of the worldly
life, with its constraints, to a garden from the gardens of Paradise in which
they will taste bliss until the Day of Standing.
And when it is the Day of Standing, the
people will be in heat and sweat, while they will be in the shade of the
Throne. And when they leave the presence of Allaah, He will take the people of
the right with His pious awliyah and His successful group – and that is the
excellence of Allaah, that He gives to whomsoever He wills, and Allaah indeed
has much virtue.”
Reference: From the book al-Fawaa’id
by Imâm Ibnul-Qayyim رحمه الله
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