What is your opinion of the book *Al-Ruh* (The Soul) and *Hadi al-Arwah* (The Guide of Souls) by Ibn al-Qayyim?
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The questioner : What is your opinion, may Allah preserve you and guide your steps, regarding the book "Al-Ruh" (The Soul) and "Hadi al-Arwah" (The Guide of Souls) by Ibn al-Qayyim?
The Shaykh : My opinion is that they are two great and beneficial books containing lessons and jurisprudential rulings; they are among the best of the works. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him), as is known to everyone, was a man of broad knowledge and easy, smooth expression. I advise my brothers, the students of knowledge, to read the books of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, who was his student and was raised under his hand in knowledge, practice, and da'wah. Our Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him), Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa'di, recommended them because he (may Allah have mercy on him) benefited greatly from the books of these two Shaykhs. And we have benefited from them, praise be to Allah. So we advise every student of knowledge to read them so that he may benefit from them. Yes.
The Shaykh : My opinion is that they are two great and beneficial books containing lessons and jurisprudential rulings; they are among the best of the works. Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him), as is known to everyone, was a man of broad knowledge and easy, smooth expression. I advise my brothers, the students of knowledge, to read the books of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, who was his student and was raised under his hand in knowledge, practice, and da'wah. Our Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him), Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa'di, recommended them because he (may Allah have mercy on him) benefited greatly from the books of these two Shaykhs. And we have benefited from them, praise be to Allah. So we advise every student of knowledge to read them so that he may benefit from them. Yes.