Wise Quotes Ibnul Qayyum رحمه الله تعالى

Temporary pleasure, permanent loss - is it worth it?

Al-Imām ibn al-Qayyim said:

“How can he be considered an intellectual, he who sells Paradise and all that it contains, for one hour of passing pleasure...?”

[Al-Fawāid | Page 45]

"If the human knew the pleasure of meeting Allah and being near Him, he would feel grief for being distant from Him"

(Al Fawaa'id, Pg.119)

Ibn al-Qayyim said:

“Gratitude may be in the heart, in submission and humility; on the tongue, in praise and acknowledgement; and in the physical faculties, by means of obedience and submission.”

[Madaarij al-Saalikeen | 2/246]