Shaykhul-Islaam
Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728H) on How to Achieve Happiness:
Shaykhul-Islaam
Ibn Taymiyyah –rahimahullaah- said, “And since happiness in this life and the
Hereafter is achieved by following the Messengers (‘alayhimus-salaam), then it
is well-known that those who are most deserving of that happiness are the
individuals who are the most knowledgeable concerning the narrations of the
Messengers (‘alayhimus-salaam) and who follow those narrations. So those who
follow the Messengers and act in accordance to their statements and actions are
the people who achieve happiness in every time and place. And they are the
Saved Sect from every religion. And they are Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Hadeeth from this
Ummah. So they share with the rest of the Ummah with regards to the affairs of
the Religion, but they distinguish themselves by what they follow from the
knowledge that has been inherited from the Messenger (sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam), from that which the others are either ignorant about or in denial.” Refer
to Majmoo ‘ul-Fataawa (4/26) of Ibn Taymiyyah.
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