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Being Captivated, 

Imprisoned and Fettered 

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said: 

And among its effects is that the disobedient (sinner) is constantly
in the shackles of his Shaytaan and the prison of his shahwa (desires)
and the chains/fetters of his hawaa (whims). So he is a captive, one who
is imprisoned and who is tied up. There is no captive in a worse state
than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy and there is no prison
which is tighter than the prison of hawa (desire) and there is no bond/fetter
more strong than the bond of desire.How, then, will a heart which is captivated,
imprisoned and fettered travel unto Allaah and the Home of the Hereafter.
How will a person take a single step forward when the heart is bound and
harmful things approach it from every direction. The harmful things approach
it to the extent that it is tied up [i.e. imprisoned by its desires and
whims..]. 

The example of the heart is like the example of a 

bird. Every time is ascends it becomes distant from 

the harmful things and every time it descends the 

harmful things hurt it. In a hadeeth there occurs that 

Shaytaan is like a wolf to people. Just as when a 

sheep has no protector and is in between many 

wolves, they are quick in causing damage and 

injury; likewise the servant who does not have 

guardianship from Allaah, then his wolf [i.e. his 

desires, whims etc.] is to him a predatory animal. 

[Thus] there is no escape for the servant from 

having protection from Allaah. Taqwaa is a 

safeguarding for him and a strong shield between 

himself and the punishment of this world and the 

Hereafter. 

Every time the sheep is close to its shepherd it is more safe from
the wolf and every time it becomes distant from its shepherd it is closer
to destruction. So its sanctuary is when it is close to its shepherd because
the wolf takes the lonely one from the flock and this is the one which
is the furthest one of the flock from the shepherd. The basis of all of
this is is that every time the heart is distant from Allaah the harmful
things are quick in approaching it and every time it is close to Allaah
the harmful things become distant from it. 

Remoteness from Allaah has levels/degrees, some 

of which are more severe than others. Heedlesness 

distances the servant from Allaah and some acts of 

disobedience are greater than some acts of 

heedlesness. Some innovations are greater than 

some acts of disobedience and some things from 

Hypocrisy and Shirk are greater than all of what has preceded. 

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Wassalaamu alaikum warahmatullahi 

Your Brother 

Amjad ibn Muhammad Rafiq

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