Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Difficult to Change
“Repel the thought, for if you don’t, it becomes an idea. So repel the idea; for if you don’t it will become a desire. So fight against that (desire), for if you don’t, it will become a determination and a passion. And if you don’t repel that, it will become an action. And if you don’t replace it with its opposite, it will become a constant habit. So at that point, it will be difficult for you to change it.”- Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
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Take the Book of Allah as your leader (imâm) and be pleased with it as a judge and ruler. It is what your Messenger left amongst you. It will be an intercessor for you. It is to be obeyed. It is a witness never doubted. In it is a mention of you and those before you, and judgment for whatever happens amongst you. And in it is news about you and whatever will come after you.
ReplyDeleteAl-Dhahabî in Siyar A’lâm Al-Nubalâ’, in the biography of ‘Ubay b. Ka’b
asalamualaikum wa rahmatullah
ReplyDeletei like this very much, and i get a big lesson from this,because someone told me that habit can never change so if i repel a thought it cant be a habbit.
thanks for sharing this beautiful message my loving and kind ustaza.
faiza (Alhuda uk student)