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Ibn al-Qayyim said:
‘Every Muslim should be warned of the oppression of:
"I – My/Mine – I Possess"
Indeed these three words are what
Iblees (Shaytan),
Fir’awn and
Qaroon were tried with.
Iblees said: ‘
I am better than him’
Fir’awn said: ‘Is not
mine the Kingdom of Egypt?,’
Qaroon said: ‘This has been given to me only because of knowledge
I possess.’
So regarding the saying of
♥the Slave of Allaah♥ ‘I’ – then the best that he can be described with is:
I am a slave who sins, makes mistakes, seeks forgiveness and recognizes this.
So regarding the saying of ‘My/Mine’ – and those statements similar to that is:
My sins, my crimes, my humbleness, my depravation and submissiveness.
So regarding the saying of ‘I Possess’:
Forgive me for my mistakes and what I do intentionally, in jest, or in seriousness and I possess all these shortcomings.
[Taken from ‘Za’ad al-Ma’aad’ 2/475 – By Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawzeeyah]
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May Allah SWT make us from His Beloved Slaves. Ameen
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