Al-Furqān bayna Awliyāʾ al-Raḥmān wa-Awliyāʾ al-Shayṭān - Ibn Taimiya - (33)

from My own Name. Whoever upholds it, I will uphold him, and whoever severs it, I will cut him off.”

He also said:

“Whoever maintains it, Allah will maintain him; and whoever cuts it off, Allah will cut him off.” Reports of this meaning are many.

The friends of Allah are of two kinds: those who are brought near, and the people of the right, as noted earlier. The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—described the deeds of both groups in the ḥadīth of the saints, saying that Allah, Exalted is He, declares:

“Whoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, I have declared war against him. My servant draws near to Me by nothing more beloved to Me than the duties I have made obligatory upon him, and My servant continues to draw near to Me through voluntary acts until I love him. When I love him, I become his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his hand with which he strikes, and his foot with which he walks.”

من اسمي، فمن وصلها وصلته، ومن قطعها بتته» ، وقال: «ومن وصلها وصله الله، ومن قطعها قطعه الله» ، ومثل هذا كثير. وأولياء الله تعالى على نوعين: مقربون، وأصحاب يمين، كما تقدم، وقد ذكر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عمل القسمين في حديث الأولياء فقال: يقول الله تعالى: «من عادى لي وليا فقد بارزني بالمحاربة، وما تقرب إلي عبدي بمثل أداء ما افترضته عليه، ولايزال عبدي يتقرب إلي بالنوافل حتى أحبه، فإذا أحببته، كنت سمعه الذي يسمع به، وبصره الذي يبصر به ويده التي يبطش بها، ورجله التي يمشي بها» .