The Stations of Servitude: Love, Hope, and Fear
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Question:
A new questioner asks a long, valid question: What are the three stations of servitude, which are love, hope, and fear?
Answer:
What are stations? These are types of worship. Worship has many types, including love, love, hope, desire, and reliance upon Allah. They are not called "stations"; rather, they are called types of worship, or you may say they are the greatest types of worship. Yes, they are not called stations. This is with the Sufis; they are the ones who have stations. I do not know how it is. Yes, they are divisions. Yes.
A new questioner asks a long, valid question: What are the three stations of servitude, which are love, hope, and fear?
Answer:
What are stations? These are types of worship. Worship has many types, including love, love, hope, desire, and reliance upon Allah. They are not called "stations"; rather, they are called types of worship, or you may say they are the greatest types of worship. Yes, they are not called stations. This is with the Sufis; they are the ones who have stations. I do not know how it is. Yes, they are divisions. Yes.
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [57] — alfawzan.live (1:07:18)
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