Precious Fruits
From the sayings of Ibn al-Qayyim, may God have mercy on him
Ibn al-Qayyim, may God have mercy on him, used to say:
- A servant has a veil between him and God, and a veil between him and people. Whoever tears the veil between him and God, tears the veil between him and people.
- A servant has a Lord he will meet and a house he dwells in, so he should please his Lord before meeting Him and build his house before moving to it.
- Wasting time is worse than death, because wasting time cuts you off from God and the Hereafter, while death cuts you off from the world and its people.
- The greatest profit in this world is to occupy yourself at all times with what is most worthy of you and most beneficial for your afterlife.
- How can he be wise who sells Paradise with all that is in it for a moment's desire?
- The knower leaves the world without satisfying his desire for two things: his weeping for himself and his praise for his Lord.
- If you fear a created being, you feel alienated from him and flee from him, but if you fear the Lord Almighty, you feel comfortable with Him and draw near to Him.
- If knowledge without action were beneficial, God Almighty would not have condemned the scholars of the People of the Book, and if action without sincerity were beneficial, He would not have condemned the hypocrites.
May God bless our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions.
Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you
