Theme of the book Sins and Healing by Ibn Al-Qayyim

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Theme of the book Sins and Healing by Ibn Al-Qayyim

This Islamic book is a detailed answer to the following question: "What do the people of knowledge say that Allah is pleased with them all, about a person suffering from a sin of which he is aware, if he persists in his sin, he will ruin his life in this world and in the hereafter? This person nevertheless seeks by all means to get rid of this evil, but the ardent desire to commit it continues to increase. So what is the solution to get rid of it? get rid of it? And what means are available to achieve this?

We notice that the person asking the question does not mention the illness he is suffering from, in the same way Ibn Al-Qayyim began his answer without naming it, Ibn Al-Qayyim wrote several general chapters grouping together all forms of sins. Then, after dealing with the seriousness of the sin which is fornication and homosexuality, he says:

If we ask: despite everything, is there a remedy for this big problem? A Ruqyah for this deadly witchcraft? ? A way to keep this madness away? A path that can lead to success? ? Is it possible for someone who is full of his passions to wake up? Does the mad lover control his heart when passion has reached its depths? Does the doctor then have the means to treat the illness? "

Then Ibn Al-Qayyim responded by saying:

"It has been said that indeed [there is a treatment], and the answer follows from [the words of the Prophet Mohammed (Sallâllâhou Alayhi Wa Sallam)]: "Allah has not sent down a disease without attributing a cure to it, known to some and ignored by others.

We must approach the remedy for this evil in two ways: the first consists of removing its substrate, before it arises; and the second to extract it after it has appeared."

And he concludes his response by mentioning the misdeeds, in this world, and in the hereafter, of the crazy love (Al-Ishq) experienced for beautiful appearances (As-Suwar). He explained that Allah had only mentioned this evil in His Book for two groups: the people of Lut, and women, and he said:

"This is an illness for which [the search for a cure] has harassed doctors, and whose cure has been difficult for them. By Allah, it is a serious illness which does not touch a heart without it being subsequently difficult to extricate him from it; and his fire does not rise in his soul without it then being difficult for people to save him from it."

All this shows that the question posed to the author concerns the evil of mad love, and the way in which it was possible to remedy it and save those who suffer from its torments. The terms of the question indicate that this evil was real and not probable, it would therefore be appropriate for the author to simply explain the means of getting rid of it, as he did in a clear chapter of his work Zâd Al-Ma âd entitled “The way of the Prophet (Sallâllâhou Alayhi Wa Sallam)” in the healing of crazy love” which he begins in these terms:

“It is one of the diseases of the heart, different from other diseases in its essence, its causes, and its remedies. If it takes hold and dominates, it is difficult for doctors to treat it, it harasses those it hits. Allah only mentioned it in His Book for two groups: women and pederasts, thus He mentioned it regarding the wife of the Great Steward [of Egypt] and the people of Lot. »

In this work, the author undertakes to take another path which he has defended and exposed in many places, and we can mention among his words: "It is part of the generosity in science, when the one who questions seeks an answer exemplary, not to be satisfied with a succinct answer..." In another place, he considered this as proof of the completeness of the advice, the science and the orientation of the mufti. There is no doubt that dealing with subsidiary issues may be subject to criticism, especially if it exceeds usage in terms of length, subdivision and digression; forcing the responder to return to his original deck each time he moves away from the suet, which bores the questioner, and tires the reader.

But, if the question concerns one of the evils of the heart as serious as the sickness of mad love, which strikes all times and all places, and which can spread in certain societies, to the point of making them sink into perdition. If the question concerns this evil which can be like a destructive epidemic, there is no doubt that it is part of the completeness of the advice, of the loyalty, of the knowledge and of the understanding of the one who answers that his answer is detailed and that it encompasses all facets of the issue. It is not appropriate for him to abbreviate or shorten his response, but he must detail it, announce and warn, mention what leads to salvation and what leads to loss, expose the causes of evil, its symptoms, and its consequences. He must not only direct people to the means of getting rid of it, but he must also expose the means to protect themselves from it, so as not to fall into it. Finally, he must, above all, endeavor to prepare the heart to listen to his words and apply the remedies he prescribes. This is the response of Ibn Al-Qayyim, the response of a learned educator and sage.

The book Sins and Healing is part of one of the works of this great author may Allah have mercy on him. For example, you can find the following Islamic books:

• The Meditations - Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
• Thus Were Our Pious Predecessors - Ibn-Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Summary

1. Authors biography
2. Presentation of the work
3. Invocation is a cure
4. Insistence in the invocation
5. Eagerness to be granted
6. Times of fulfillment
7. Among the secrets of invocation
8. Summoning is a weapon
9. Invocation and predestination
10. Illusions regarding summoning
11. Between forgiveness and Allah's command
12. Criticism of those who go astray
13. The distinction between good opinion and misdirection
14. The implications of hope
15. The harms of sin and disobedience
16. The foul consequences of sins
17. One sin leads to another
18. Sins weaken the heart
19. Peaches remove the heart's repulsion for them
20. Sins are a cause of contempt
21. The woe of sins.
22. Sins bring humiliation
23. Sins alter reason
24. Sins seal the heart
25. Sins bring curse
26. Sins deprive the invocation of the Messenger and the angels
27. Punishments for sins
28. Sins cause disorder
29. Sins quench jealousy from the heart
30. Sins make modesty disappear
31. Sins weaken the worship of the Lord
32. Sins make Allah forget His servant
33. Sins take us out of the circle of beneficence
34. Sins cause all good to be missed
35. Sins weaken the heart's journey towards Allah
36. Sins dissipate blessings and stir up
37. Sins cause fear and dread in the heart
38. Sins turn the heart away from righteousness
39. Sins blind the clairvoyance of the heart
40. Sins demean and degrade the soul
41. Sins are the cause of Satan's capture
42. Sins bring downfall with Allah and men
43. Sins strip the sinner of religious names and dream of vile names
44. Sins cause lack of reason
45. Sins provoke with the Lord
46. Sins destroy blessing.
47. Sins cause degradation, humiliation and servility
48. Sins cause creatures to attack the
49. Sins betray the sinner when he is in need.
50. Sins blind the heart and weaken its clairvoyance
51. Sins are reinforcements given to the enemy
52. Preserving hearing from the illicit
53. Preserving the language from the illicit
54. Sins bring forgetfulness and contempt to the soul
55. Sins make blessings disappear
56. Sins keep angels away
57. Sins cause loss
58. Sins bring the application of legal penalties
59. Legal and universal punishments
60. Theft corrupts property
61. Universal punishments of the heart and body
62. Corporal punishments in this life and the afterlife
63. The punishments that Allah has linked to sins
64. Punishments differ depending on sins
65. Major and minor sins
66. The purpose of Allah's creation
67. Middlemen trigger Allah's wrath
68. The polytheism of Christians who profess the Trinity
69. Polytheism in worship
70. Association with Allah in deeds
71. Association with Allah in the words
72. Association with Allah in wills and intentions
73. The essence of polytheism
74. Bad opinion of Allah is among the worst sins
75. Polytheism and pride oppose obedience
76. Talking about Allah without knowledge
77. Injustice is among the greatest sins.
78. The wrongdoing of murder and the sin of the murderer
79. The evil of fornication
80. How do sins get in?
81. Thoughts are a door to sin
82. Words are a door to sin
83. Footsteps are a door to sins
84. The prohibition of turpitude
85. Homosexuality is one of the worst crimes
86. Refutation of the third opinion
87. The legal provision concerning zoophilia
88. Homosexuality and lesbianism
89. The cure for homosexuality
90. Sincere love implies Oneness
91. Worship and love
92. Servile love
93. The four types of love
94. Intimacy conceals the perfection of love
95. Love is general and intimacy specific
96. Abandonment and degradation for the loved one
97. The voluntary act and abandonment
98. We love it for two reasons
99. Love is the foundation of every act
100. Love comes in many forms
101. Love is the foundation of all movement
102. Every living being has a will and a love
103. The consequences and rules of love
104. Love and will are the foundation of religion
105. The harms of crazy love brought to appearances
106. Those whose crazy love Allah has mentioned
107. The cure for mad love
108. The three degrees of the mad lover
109. The perfection of pleasure and happiness
110. The love that is neither reproachable nor blamable
111. love for women
112. The three categories of crazy people in love
113. chaste love