Imaam Ibn Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him)
stated:
Beware of these two things, for they have evil
consequences:
The first of them: Rejecting the truth because
it opposes your own desires; you will consequently be afflicted with perverted
heart and rejecting truth presented to you except it
conforms with your desires. Allaah the most High said: “And
We shall turn their hearts and their eyes away (from guidance), as they refused
to believe therein for the first time, and We shall leave them in their
trespass to wander blindly.” [Soorah al-An’aam: 110].
So He punished them for rejecting the truth for
the first time by turning away their hearts and their eyes (from guidance)
thereafter.
The second: Neglecting an order when its time
is due. If you are negligent regarding it, Allaah will dispirit you and prevent
you from things that please Him and His orders by way of punishing you. Allaah
the most High said: “If Allaah brings you back to a party of them (the hypocrites), and the
asked your permission to go out to (fight), say: ‘Never shall you go out with
me nor fight an enemy with me; you were pleased to sit (inactive) on the first
occasion, then you sit (now) with those who lag behind.’” [Soorah
at-Tawbah: 83].
So whoever is saved from these two diseases and
trials should be congratulated.
Source: Badaa’i
al-Fawaa’id by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah.
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