Is the waning of desire for good after having loved it a punishment?

The questioner : My helper with it. I mean, it was great in his heart, then it became light for him. Is this considered part of that?

The Shaykh : By Allah, I consider this a punishment without doubt, because a person’s waning desire for good after he had loved it is a great deficiency. Just as punishment can be through pain or what causes pain, it can also be through the loss of what is loved. Has it not been reported to you that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for hunting, herding, or farming, has a qirāṭ deducted from his reward every day? This is the reaction of the one being judged. It is not that he is punished with a punishment like that, but the good is lost to him. So, the loss of good is without doubt a punishment.