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لا تظن أبدًا أن متابعة المشاهد المحرمة مجرد آثام فحَسب!
هذه المشاهد تنكتُ في القلب نكتة سوداء، ستُقعدك عن الطاعة، ستؤخرك عن الصلاة، وإنها سبب رئيسي في فقدان لذّة العبادة.
يقول أحدهم: نسيتُ القرآن كله بسبب إطلاق البصر.
“O Messenger of Allah, describe them to us and tell us more, so that we will not become of them unknowingly.”
He ﷺ said: “They are your brothers and from your race, worshipping at night as you do, but when they are alone, they engage in sins, crossing the limits of Allah.”
Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) said:
“Anyone whose soul inclined towards a sin and then he despises it, denies himself (that sin) and leaves it for (the sake of) Allāh, he is increased in uprightness, righteousness and taqwā.”
مجموعة الفتاوى ١٠/٨٦٧
· Reminding oneself Allah is watching both your private and public affairs
· Respecting the sacred limits of Allah (meaning one should not fear Allah to the extent they fear it will lead to despair, for your Lord is the Most Merciful)
How can we increase our fear for our Lord?
Fear of Allah, is obligatory for everyone, and no one can be guaranteed safety from Allah’s punishment except by fearing Him.
“so fear them not, but fear Me, if you are (true) believers”
{سورة آل عمران ٣:١٧٥}
There are islamically prescribed means of attaining taqwa of our Lord, and deeds of the heart that lead to it:
· Reading Qur’an and reflecting on its meanings
· Reminding ourself the punishments of sinning
· Increase in moistening one’s tongue with dhikr
Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
“The crying of the sinners is more loved to Allah than the tasbeeh of the arrogant.”
[Madārij As-Salikeen v.1, p. 177-178]
Ibn Taymiyyah رحمة الله عليه:
A person asked his Shaykh; I sin then repent then sin then repent, until when?
He said: Until Shayṭān despairs of you."
[مجموع الفتاوى ٧/٤٩٢]
We’re so privileged, we pay £10 for a drink happily, £50 in a restaurant, tens of thousands on weddings etc but when it comes to giving charity, our hands tighten, suddenly that £10 looks too much, suddenly we’re broke and can’t afford it, suddenly it’s “I would if I could”
“Do you think the righteous don’t commit sins? They simply hide them and don’t expose them. And they seek forgiveness for them and do not insist on them. And they admit to them and don’t justify them. And they do good after they wrong themselves.”
- Ibn Qayyim رحمه الله
"The similitude of believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of sleeplessness and fever."
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