Imam Ibn Qayyim
– may Allah have mercy on him – in his compilation al-Fawaa’id relates, The ignorant person complaining to the people about Allah – and this is his highest degree of ignorance – for if he had known his Lord, ·
He would never have complained about Him.·
If he had known the people he would never have complained them. One of the Salaf saw a man complaining to another man about his poverty and dire necessity. He said to him, ·
O you! By Allah, you have done nothing but complained about Him who has mercy for you, to the one [human being] who has no mercy for you. The person who is profoundly [deeply] knowledgeable about Allah complains to Allah alone, and never to the people. He complains about the causes that make people do wrong to him, for he knows about the following Qur'anic verses, And whatever of misfortune befalls you, it is because of what your hands have earned. And He pardons much.
(42:30) وَمَآ أَصَـٰبَكُمْ مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُواْ عَن كَثِيرٍ
Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allah, but whatever of evil befalls you, is from yourself.
(4:79)مَّآ أَصَابَكَ مِنْ حَسَنَةٍ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَصَابَكَ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَمِن نَّفْسِكَ
What is the matter with you? When a single disaster smites you, although you smote [your enemies] with one twice as great, you say: From where does this come to us? Say [to them], It is from yourselves [because of your evil deeds]. And Allah has power over all things.
(3:165)أَوَ لَمَّا أَصَابَتْكُمْ مُّصِيبَةٌ قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِّثْلَيْهَا قُلْتُمْ أَنَّىٰ هَـٰذَا قُلْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
In this regard, there are three levels, ·
The lowest one is to complain about Allah to his creatures ·
The highest one is to complain about yourself to Allah. ·
The middle one is to complain about His creatures to Him.
May Allah make us from those who complain to Him [subhaa nahu wa ta’ala] alone about ourselves.
Aa’meen, Yaa Rabbal Aa’la meen! Reference : (Adapted for language flow purposes, Ashfaq) Excerpts taken from Ibn Qayyim’s book al-Fawaa’id, translated into English.
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And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger [salallahu alaihi wa sallam] after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believers' way. We shall keep him in the path he has chosen, and burn him in Hell - what an evil destination.
(Sura an-Nisaa, 4:115) Every issue of aqeedah [creed], ibaadah [worship] or manhaj [methodology] which the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah has not provided a text for and upon which the Companions never agreed is falsehood, vain and innovation.
Adhere to the narrations of the Salaf [the Prophet, the Sahaaba, the Taabi'een, and the Tabi' taabi'een], even if the people were to abandon you. And beware of the opinions of the people, no matter how much they beautify it with speech.
– (Saying of Imaam al-Awzaa'ee, died 157 Hijri)It is not sufficient to take the Qur’an and Sunnah and to interpret their texts according to one’s own understandings, independent of the explanations of the Companions of the Prophet, and the clarifications of the subsequent generations of righteous scholars, no matter how knowledgeable one may become.
To ignore their understandings is the first step on a path leading to deviation, misguidance and destruction as indicated by the above-mentioned Qur’anic verse.
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