One of the most beneficial of remedies is persisting in du’a. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya More Quotes by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya More Quotes From Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya When there is money in your hand and not in your heart, it will not harm you even if it is a lot; and when it is in your heart, it will harm you even if there is none in your hands. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya libertarian heart hands From the perfection of Allah's ihsan is that He allows His slave to taste the bitterness of the break before the sweetness of the mend. So He does not break his believing slave, except to mend him. And He does not withhold from him, except to give him. And He does not test him (with hardship), except to cure him. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya heart giving believe Imaan is of two halves; half is patience (Sabr) and half is being thankful (Shukr). Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya being-thankful half two The heart, in its journey to Allah, Majestic is He, is like that of a bird; Love is its head, and fear and hope are its two wings. When the head and two wings are sound, the bird flies gracefully; if the head is severed, the bird dies; if the bird loses one of its wings, it then becomes a target for every hunter or predator. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya islamic wisdom heart If a man's patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya angel animal sex Everything that is loved, if it is not loved for His sake then this love is nothing but distress and punishment. Every action that is not performed for His sake then it is wasted and severed. Every heart that does not reach Him is wretched; veiled from achieving its success and happiness. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya punishment heart love-is Every love that leads away from His love is in fact a punishment; only a love that leads to His love is a heartfelt and pure love. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya heartfelt punishment love-is Be to Allah as He wishes, and He will be to you more than you can wish for. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya wish Sins have many side-effects. One of them is that they steal knowledge from you. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya stealing sin sides Speech remains as a slave to you, but the moment it leaves your mouth, you become its slave. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya speech moments mouths We should know that Allah has created us to live an eternal life with no death, a life of pride and ease with no humiliation, a life of security with no fear, a life of richness with no poverty, a life of joy with no pain, a life of perfection with no flaws. Allah is testing us in this world with a life that will end in death, a life of pride that is accompanied by humiliation and degradation, a life that is tainted by fear, where joy and ease are mixed with sorrow and pain. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya pain pride perfection And if a person were given all of the world and what is in it, it would not fill his emptiness. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya emptiness given world Yearning for Allah and His meeting is like the gentle breeze blowing upon the heart, extinguishing the blaze of the Dunya. Whosoever caused his heart to settle with his Lord shall be in a state, calm and tranquility, and whosoever sent it amongst the people shall be disturbed and excessively perturbed. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya islamic wisdom heart The soul will never become pious and purified except through undergoing afflictions. It is the same as gold that can never be pure except after removing all the base metals in it. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya affliction soul gold The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance) and protection [from transgression]. It becomes rusty as a mirror becomes rusty, and its clarity is obtained by remembrance. It becomes naked as the body becomes naked, and its beautification is al-Taqwa. It becomes hungry and thirsty as the body becomes hungry, and its food and drink are knowledge, love, dependence, repentance and servitude. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya islamic wisdom heart Whoever mocks his brother for a sin they repented from will not die till he himself falls into the same sin. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya sin brother fall There is no joy for someone who has no sorrow. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya islamic tired wisdom Wasting time is worse than death, because death separates you from this world whereas wasting time separates you from Allah Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya islamic time death Repel the thought, for if you don't, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea, for if you don't it will become a desire. So fight against that(desire), for if you don't, it will become a determination and a passion. And if you don't repel that, it will become an action. And if you don't replace it with its opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya islamic determination wisdom Beware of preoccupying your heart with what it has not been created for. Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya heart