Is the book *Al-Ruh* by Ibn al-Qayyim relied upon?
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The questioner : Shaykh, the book *Al-Ruh* by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, is it relied upon, Shaykh? Is this book relied upon?
The Shaykh : It is not relied upon. Even if Ibn al-Qayyim is highly esteemed in our view, his book, if its attribution to him is correct, is one of the books that resembles what the novices in knowledge write today, who rush and stumble blindly in the dark night. So it appears that if the book is correctly attributed to Ibn al-Qayyim, it was among the first things he wrote, meaning before he was freed from taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence), intellectual rigidity, sectarianism, and superstition. It is clear.
The questioner : Very clear. May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : It is not relied upon. Even if Ibn al-Qayyim is highly esteemed in our view, his book, if its attribution to him is correct, is one of the books that resembles what the novices in knowledge write today, who rush and stumble blindly in the dark night. So it appears that if the book is correctly attributed to Ibn al-Qayyim, it was among the first things he wrote, meaning before he was freed from taqlid (following a scholar without knowing his evidence), intellectual rigidity, sectarianism, and superstition. It is clear.
The questioner : Very clear. May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : You are welcome.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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