Imaam Shams ad-Deen Aboo
Abdullah Muhammad bin Aboo Bakr Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah [May Allaah have
Mercy on him] said:
Most of the creation, no
actually, all of the creation - except for those whom Allaah has Willed - do
not give Allaah His rights and they have bad judgments about Him. So you will find
that most of the children of Aadam believe that they don’t have what they are
entitled to and that they’re are deficient in what they should receive. They
believe that they are due more than they are given. So the situation of his
tongue is that he says, ‘My Lord has oppressed me and He has prevented from me
what I was due’ and he is a self-witness to this. He shows discontent with his
tongue and he doesn’t feel he is being bold in behaving in this manner. Whoever
takes it upon himself to check and scrutinize his inner-self, he will find a
hidden fire like that which you find in a cannon. This flame informs you that
it is ready to fire when it begins to flare. However if you examined this
cannon you would find that this flaring up is actually blameworthy because this
ignition is running in the wrong direction. So you tell you yourself this, you
should be like this or like that, you should be independent and prosperous. It
is upon you to examine yourself, are you like this? Do you have these traits?
So you should be to
yourself like a beloved and sincere adviser, especially on this topic. Repent
and seek forgiveness to Allaah, the Most High, at all times throughout the day
from having bad thoughts about your Lord and about having bad thoughts about
yourself, as these thoughts are the cause for every type of evil to exist
within you.
[Zaad al-Ma’aad 3/235]
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