The Meaning of "Fear the World and Fear Women"
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the meaning of the report "Fear the world and fear women"? How does one fear the world, and how does one fear women?
The Shaykh:
You fear the trial of the world and the trial of women. It is not that you abandon the world or abandon women; you get married, but you do not take her as your ultimate goal and desire. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that the heart
The Shaykh:
And likewise. The world is a trial that tests its owner and diverts him from the Hereafter. Women test a man, leading him from what is lawful to what is forbidden, if he looks at them, follows them, and attaches his heart to them, for then they test him. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 2742 There is no doubt about this trial. And so you find that Satan presents them before people, exposes them before people, and adorns them so that people are tested by them and follow them.
And so the woman displays herself in gatherings, on channels, on screens, displays herself in seminars, in parties, displays herself and adorns herself with the most intense adornment she can find in order to test men, not in order to test men. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the meaning of the report "Fear the world and fear women"? How does one fear the world, and how does one fear women?
The Shaykh:
You fear the trial of the world and the trial of women. It is not that you abandon the world or abandon women; you get married, but you do not take her as your ultimate goal and desire. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: You mentioned, may Allah preserve you, that the heart
The Shaykh:
And likewise. The world is a trial that tests its owner and diverts him from the Hereafter. Women test a man, leading him from what is lawful to what is forbidden, if he looks at them, follows them, and attaches his heart to them, for then they test him. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
I have not left behind any trial more severe for men than women
ما تركت بعدي فتنة أشد على الرجال من النساءSo avoid the allurement of women: verily, the first trial for the people of Isra'il was caused by women.
واتقوا النساء فإن فتنة بني إسرائيل كانت في النساءAnd so the woman displays herself in gatherings, on channels, on screens, displays herself in seminars, in parties, displays herself and adorns herself with the most intense adornment she can find in order to test men, not in order to test men. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : والمقصود : أن من علامات أمراض القلوب عدولها عن الأغذية النافعة — islamhouse.com (55:28)
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