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abo mussaab
12-07-2015, 04:36 PM
“From among the punishments of sin is that they encourage various species of the creation, which the servant is incapable of opposing, to advance against him with injury. Consequently, equipped with temptations, whispers, making him afraid, and harm, the Shayateen grow bold against the sinner. They go forward in opposition to him, causing the servant to forget. His well-being lies within remembering and his destruction will be the result of forgetting.
These unseen creatures wage attacks against the human being until they drive him to disobey Allaah. Furthermore, they annoyingly assault the son of Aadam in his presence and his absence. His family, servants, children, neighbors and even his animals all defy him.
Some of the Salaf used to say,

“Indeed I am disobeying Allaah! I know this because of the behavior of my wife and livestock.”
In the same manner, the leaders became bold against the sinner with punishments that, if they were justly carried out, the legal penalties of Allaah would be inflicted upon him.
Even the soul of the disobedient becomes hard for him to manage. If he intends good, it does not obey him. Instead, the soul of the offender steers its owner to ruin – willfully or unwillingly.

Obedience is the fortress of Allaah. Whoever enters it is protected. Whoever departs is attacked by highway robbers and the like. The one who has exited is left unguarded. The remembrance of Allaah and righteous deeds, such as charity, guiding the ignorant, enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, are a protection for the human being. They are comparable to the strength that repels an illness. When the strength diminishes, the illness overpowers the individual and he is harmed.
Therefore, it is necessary for the servants to possess something that resists this. For the causes of good and the causes of evil are always pushing and shoving against one another. In the end, the outcome will belong to the dominant force. Whenever the amount of good (increases in a person), the person’s resistance grows stronger.
Allaah defends those who believe. Faith is statement and deed. Hence, the might of one’s faith will determine the effectiveness of the defense.”
From: Sins and Their Punishments, by Ibnul-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (rahimahullaah)

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