Risālat Ibn al-Qayyim ilā Ikhwānih - Ibn al-Qayyim - (الكتاب/44)

—namely, the questioning (1) in the grave. Whoever the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has reached yet abandons it for the statement of any human being will come on the Day of Resurrection and will then know. (2)
[Section] (3) The Fourth Scene: the scene of ihsan
It is the scene of vigilant watchfulness (4): to worship Allah as though you see Him. This scene is born only of perfected faith in Allah and in His names and attributes, until it is as though one beholds Allah—exalted is He—above His heavens, settled (5) upon His Throne, speaking by way of command and prohibition and managing the affairs of creation. His decree descends from Him and ascends to Him, and the deeds of the servants, together with their spirits when they are brought to Him, are laid before Him. One witnesses all of that with his heart; he beholds His names and attributes; he beholds Him (6) as the Ever-Sustaining, the Living, the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, the Mighty, the Wise—One who commands and forbids, loves and hates, is pleased (7) and angered, and acts,

people saying something, and so I said it.” Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Knowledge, chapter 25, “Who Answers a Legal Question by Gesturing with the Hand or Head,” 1:34, hadith 86. (1) The word “matter” is omitted in manuscript C. (2) That is, he will know that he had been gravely mistaken in this world when his Lord asks him on the Day of Resurrection about his response to the Messenger, not about his response to anyone who opposed the Sunnah. (3) Omitted from the base manuscript and manuscript C; supplied from manuscript B. (4) “The scene,” “a scene,” and “it is a scene” are omitted from manuscript C. (5) Manuscripts B and C read “level.” (6) The passage from “then the command descends” to “His attributes and he bears witness” is omitted from manuscript C. (7) The text within brackets is missing from the base manuscript and has been supplied from manuscript B.

المسألة (١) في القبر، فمن انتهت إليه سنة رسول الله ﷺ وتركها لقول أحد من الناس فَسَيرِدُ يوم القيامة ويعلم (٢). [فصل] (٣) المشهد الرابع: مشهد الإحسان وهو مشهد (٤) المراقبة، وهو أن يعبد الله كأنه يراه. وهذا المشهد إنما ينشأ من كمال الإيمان بالله وأسمائه وصفاته، حتى كأنه يرى الله -سبحانه- فوق سمواته، مستويًا (٥) على عرشه، يتكلم بأمره ونهيه، وَيُدَبِّرُ أمر الخليقة، فينزل الأمر من عنده ويصعد إليه، وَتُعْرَضُ أعمال العباد وأرواحهم عند الموافاة عليه. فَيَشهَدُ ذلك كله بقلبه، وَيَشهَدُ أسماءه وصفاته، وَيَشهَدُ (٦) قيومًا، حيًّا، سميعًا، بصيرًا، عزيزًا، حكيمًا، آمرًا، ناهيًا، يحب [ويبغض، ويرضى] (٧) ويغضب، [ويفعل

= الناس يقولون شيئًا فقلته". صحيح البخاري، كتاب العلم، باب (٢٥) من أجاب الفتيا بإشارة اليد والرأس، (١/ ٣٤، ح ٨٦). (١) (المسألة) ساقطة من ج. (٢) أي: يَعلم أنه كان في الدنيا على خطأ كبير، وذلك عندما يسأله ربه ﷿ يوم القيامة، عن إجابته الرسول ﷺ، وليس إجابته أحدًا من الناس خالف السنة. (٣) ساقطة من الأصل و ج، وأثبتت من ب. (٤) (المشهد)، (مشهد)، (هو مشهد) ساقطة من ج. (٥) في ب، و ج (مستو). (٦) (فينزل الأمر) إلى (وصفاته ويشهد) ساقط من ج. (٧) ما بين المعكوفين ساقط من الأصل، وأثبت من ب.