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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الزهد
Book of Asceticism
(كلام ابن منبه)
The words of Ibn Munabbih
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37901 — The words of Ibn Munabbih
٣٧٩٠١ - حدثنا حسين بن علي عن جعفر بن بُرقان قال: بلغني أن ابن منبه كان يقول: أعون الأخلاق على الدين: الزهادة في الدنيا، وأوشكها ردى: اتباع الهوى، ومن اتباع الهوى: الرغبة في الدنيا، ومن الرغبة في الدنيا: حب المال والشرف، ومن حب المال والشرف: استحلال المحارم، ومن استحلال المحارم يغضب اللَّه، وغضب اللَّه الداء الذي لا دواء له إلا رضوان اللَّه، (ورضوان اللَّه) (١) دواء لا يضرُّ معه داء، ومن يريد أن يرضي ربه يسخط نفسه، ومن لا يسخط نفسه لا يرضي ربه، إن كان كلما ثقل على الإنسان شيء من دينه تركه أوشك أن لا يبقى معه شيء.
It is narrated from Ja'far bin Burqan that he said: It reached me that Ibn Munabbih used to say: Of all traits of character, the greatest help to religion is detachment from the world, and the most ruinous thing for religion is following desires. From following desires comes longing for the world; from longing for the world comes love of wealth and rank; from love of wealth and rank comes regarding the forbidden as lawful; and from regarding the forbidden as lawful comes the displeasure of Allah Almighty. The wrath of Allah is a disease for which there is no remedy except the pleasure of Allah; it is a remedy with which no disease does harm. Whoever wishes to please his Lord, let him displease his own self; and whoever does not displease his own self is not able to please his Lord. If a person abandons whatever part of religion feels burdensome to him, he will soon have nothing left with him.
