Thursday, April 28, 2016

The definition of Asceticism (al-Zuhd الزهد)

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

In the narration mentioned by Ibn Maajah, The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
Renounce the world and Allaah will love you, and renounce what the people possess and the people will love you.
[Sunan Ibn Maajah (4102) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
It is not Zuhd that you let go of the Dunya (worldly desires) from your hands while it still lingers in your heart. Zuhd is to let it go from your heart while it is still in your hands.
[Tareeq al-Hijratain (1/252)]

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