The Ruling on Self-Accounting Until Despair
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There is a person I know who has held himself to such strict account that he has reached the point of despair. He says: There is a person I know who has held himself to such strict account that he has reached the point of despair.
Answer:
No, despair is not permissible.[Al-Hijr 15:56] It does not reach the level of despair. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: There is a person I know who has held himself to such strict account that he has reached the point of despair. He says: There is a person I know who has held himself to such strict account that he has reached the point of despair.
Answer:
No, despair is not permissible.
And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"
وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِ إِلَّا الضَّالُّونَ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وفي محاسبة النفس عدة مصالح — islamhouse.com (51:21)
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