Returning a gift accompanied by a favor
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. When I am in a state of need or distress, or when I have a pressing need, some people come to me to be kind to me and give me assistance, and this constitutes a favor upon me. Is it permissible for me to return this gift and this assistance and not accept it?
Answer:
Perhaps you are experiencing obsessive thoughts (waswas). If this is a matter of obsessive thoughts, then leave it alone, and take what they have given you, and hold a good opinion of them. Take what they have given you because you are in need of it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. When I am in a state of need or distress, or when I have a pressing need, some people come to me to be kind to me and give me assistance, and this constitutes a favor upon me. Is it permissible for me to return this gift and this assistance and not accept it?
Answer:
Perhaps you are experiencing obsessive thoughts (waswas). If this is a matter of obsessive thoughts, then leave it alone, and take what they have given you, and hold a good opinion of them. Take what they have given you because you are in need of it. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من الوجه السابع : أن اعتماد العبد على المخلوق وتوكله عليه يوجب له الضرر من جهته هو ولا بد — islamhouse.com (50:14)
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