AID COMES WITH SEEKING FORGIVENESS
اسْتَعَانَ
بالِاسْتِغْفَارَ
By Shaykh
ul-Islaam Ahmad bin AbdulHaleem Ibn Taymeeyah
-Rahimullaah-
Translated
by Abbas Abu Yahya
Shaykh
ul-Islaam Ahmad bin AbdulHaleem Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said:
‘
. . . Whoever
hopes for something he strives and seeks it, and whoever fears something flees
from it.
If a person strove and sought aid from Allaah
Ta’ala and adhered to seeking forgiveness (Istighfaar) and striving, then
Allaah will most surely give him from His excellence that which never even
crossed his mind.
If a person
finds that his heart does not become happy and delighted, nor does it achieve
the sweetness of Eemaan, nor the light of guidance then he should repent
(Tawbah) a lot and seek forgiveness (Istighfaar) a lot, and he should adhere to
striving as much has he can, since indeed Allaah says:
وَالَّذِينَ
جَاهَدُوا فِينَا لَنَهْدِيَنَّهُمْ سُبُلَنَا ۚ
As for those
who strive hard in Us (Our Cause), We will surely guide them to Our Paths (i.e.
Allaah’s Religion – Islamic Monotheism). [Ankaboot: 69]
It is upon him
to establish the obligatory duties outwardly and inwardly; and adhere to the
straight path seeking aid with Allaah, absolving himself from strength or might
except with Allaah.
[Taken from Majmoo al Fatawa 11/390]
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