What is meant by attachment in the hadith, "Whoever attaches himself to something, he is entrusted to it"?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. The intent is attachment; he attached himself to it with his heart, a psychological attachment. That is why it did not say, "Whoever hangs something, he is entrusted to it." It said: This means psychological attachment, such that he places his hope, his expectation, and his fear in this thing. Whatever the soul attaches itself to, it is entrusted to it.
Whoever attaches himself to something
من تعلق شيئاًThe Shaykh : Yes, yes. The intent is attachment; he attached himself to it with his heart, a psychological attachment. That is why it did not say, "Whoever hangs something, he is entrusted to it." It said: