The Meaning of the Self and Whether It Is Other Than the Servant
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the author's (may Allah have mercy on him) statement about Satan, he said: "Until he befriends his self and mixes with it, and asks it about what it loves and prefers. When he knows it, he uses it to assist against the servant." Is there a difference between the servant and his self, or are they one and the same?
Answer:
The self refers to the soul, and it is other than the body. The soul is other than the body. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the author's (may Allah have mercy on him) statement about Satan, he said: "Until he befriends his self and mixes with it, and asks it about what it loves and prefers. When he knows it, he uses it to assist against the servant." Is there a difference between the servant and his self, or are they one and the same?
Answer:
The self refers to the soul, and it is other than the body. The soul is other than the body. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأول كيده ومكره : أنه كاد الأبوين بالأيمان الكاذبة — islamhouse.com (59:59)
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