Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (2/261)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

Furthermore, sins cause a servant to become lowly in the sight of his Lord. When a servant becomes lowly in Allah’s sight, no one can honor him, as Allah Most High says: “Whoever Allah humiliates has no one to honor him.” 1 The most honored of His creation before Allah are those who fear Him most, and those nearest to Him in rank are those most obedient to Him. A servant’s standing before Him is commensurate with his obedience. When he disobeys Him, he becomes lowly in His sight, and this brings about estrangement between the servant and his Master. Once that estrangement occurs, every means to good is cut off from the servant, while every means to evil becomes attached to him. What success, what hope, and what life can there be for one from whom the means to all good have been cut off and whose bond with his Protector and Master—whom he cannot do without for even the blink of an eye, or less—has been severed?

Furthermore, sins cause Allah to disregard His servant, abandon him, and leave him to himself and his devil. Therein lies ruin from which no deliverance can be hoped for. Allah Most High says: “O you who believe, fear Allah, and let every soul consider what it has sent forth for tomorrow. And fear Allah; surely Allah is All-Aware of what you do. Do not be like those who forgot Allah, so He caused them to forget themselves. It is they who are the defiantly disobedient.” 2 Thus He, Glorified is He, commanded them to fear Him and forbade His believing servants to resemble those who forgot Him by abandoning fear of Him. He informed them that He punished those who abandoned fear of Him by causing them to forget themselves—that is, to forget what serves their own welfare and what would save them from His punishment. You therefore see the sinner neglecting and squandering his own welfare, while the interests of his religion and worldly life slip from his grasp. Indeed, his affairs become difficult for him: whenever he sets out to do something, he finds the way barred or the matter difficult. This is just as Allah makes matters easy for one who fears Him,

(1) Surah al-Hajj, verse 18. (2) Surah al-Hashr, verses 18–19.

ثمَّ إنَّ الذنوبَ سببٌ لهوانِ العبد على ربِّه، وإذا هان العبدُ على الله لَم يكرمه أحد، كما قال تعالى: ﴿وَمَن يُهِنِ اللهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِن مُكْرِمٍ﴾ ١، وأكرمُ الخلق عند الله أتقاهم له، وأقربُهم منه منزلة أطوعُهم له، وعلى قدر طاعة العبدِ تكون منزلته عنده، فإذا عصاه هان عنده، وأوجب ذلك القطيعةَ بين العبد وبين مولاه، وإذا وقعت القطيعةُ انقطعت عن العبد أسبابُ الخير واتصلت به أسبابُ الشرِّ، فأيُّ فلاح، وأيُّ رجاء، وأيُّ عيش لِمَن انقطعت عنه أسبابُ الخير وقُطع ما بينه وبين وليِّه ومولاه الذي لا غنى له عنه طرفةَ عين ولا أقل من ذلك. ثمَّ إنَّ الذنوبَ تستدعي نسيانَ الله لعبدِه وتركَه وتخليتَه بينه وبين نفسه وشيطانه، وهناك الهلاكُ الذي لا يُرجى معه نجاة، قال الله تعالى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَلْتَنظُرْ نَفْسٌ مَا قَدَّمَتْ لِغَدٍ وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ إِنَّ اللهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ وَلاَ تَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ نَسُوا اللهَ فَأَنسَاهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الفَاسِقُونَ﴾ ٢، فأمر سبحانه بتقواه ونهى أن يتشبَّه عبادُه المؤمنون بِمَن نسيَه بتركِ تقواه، وأخبر أنَّه عاقب مَن ترك التقوى بأن أنساه نفسه، أي: أنساه مصالحَها وما يُنجيها من عذابه، فترى العاصي مهمِلاً مصالح نفسه، مضيِّعاً لها، قد انفرطت عليه مصالحُ دينه ودنياه، بل إنَّ أمورَه تتعسَّرُ عليه، فلا يتوجَّه لأمرٍ إلاَّ يجده مُغلَقاً دونَه أو متعسِّراً عليه، وهذا كما أنَّ مَن اتَّقى اللهَ جعلَ له من أمرِه يُسراً،

١ سورة الحج، الآية: (١٨) . ٢ سورة الحشر، الآيات: (١٨، ١٩) .