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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Love, Happiness and Misery

Al-Imaam Ibnul-Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

May Allaah have mercy upon him

"From the ways to achieve happiness is to turn to Allaah (SubhaanaHu wa Ta'Aalaa) repentantly, to love Him with all of the heart, to focus on (pleasing) Him and to savor the delight through His worship. There is nothing happier to the heart of the servant than this. To the extent that this type of person occasionally says, 'if I am going to be in a similar state to this in Paradise, then surely I will have a pleasant life.'

Love has an amazing effect on happiness, the contentment of the soul and the joy of the heart, but no one is aware of this except the one who has tasted this.

From the greatest causes of misery is turning away from Allaah (the Most High), the heart being attached to other than Him, heedlessness of His remembrance and loving others besides Him. Verily, whoever loves something other than Allaah will be tormented on account of this and his heart will be imprisoned with the love of this entity. Nothing in the world brings more misery, nor a more evil state, nor a more uncomfortable life nor more fatigue to the heart than this.

There are two types of love:

1) A love which is the paradise of the earth, joy of the soul, pleasure of the heart, and the bliss of the spirit, its nourishment and its medicine; rather, its life and its pleasure. This is to love Allaah alone, with all of the heart, and to direct the forces of affection, willpower, intent and love, all of them, to Him.

2) A love which is the torment of the spirit, sadness of the soul, imprisonment of the heart and unhappiness of the chest. It is a cause of pain, sorrow and distress, and this is to love other than Allaah, the Exalted.

From the ways to achieve happiness is the constant remembrance of Allaah, at all times and in every situation. The remembrance of Allaah has amazing effects on the happiness and the delight of the heart, whereas heedlessness has serious effects that result in misery, constriction and sorrow of the heart.

Happiness that is caused by a temporary catalyst is of no significance nor is the misery caused by a temporary catalyst, as these temporary states cease with the disappearance of their causes. What really matters is the trait that is established within the heart, which causes its happiness or misery. This is the criterion - and Allaah's aid is sought."

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