Advice for being patient in the face of people's evil - Ibn Taymiyya - Commentary Abd Ar-Razzâq Al-Badr - Ibn Badis

The theme that we are going to address, by commenting on it, relates to a passage from an epistle written by Sheikh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyya - may Allah have mercy on him - in which he speaks of patience. He treated in detail and in a very useful way the things which are able to help a person to show patience in the face of the evil of others. He mentioned details that are rarely found in other writings. May Allah have mercy on this imam. And what an imam he was! What a pleasant exhortation and what a beautiful argument! May Allah amply reward him for all he has accomplished and made efforts; may Allah lodge him in the upper Firdaws; He is, indeed - Blessed and Exalted be He - the Hearer, the Near and the He who hears.

I implore Allah, the Generous, who has given us this commentary on the words of Sheikh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyya-may Allah have mercy on him relating to the things that help one to be enduring in the face of the evil of others, so that he May this also be a help to all of us to acquire this patience, and may He make us part of His enduring and grateful servants. Because religion is made up of two parts: Endurance and recognition. This is why it is said: Patience is half of religion.

'Abd Al-Razzaq Ibn 'Abd-Al-Muhsin Al-Badr