Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (2/31)

and desired. This meaning is appropriate to whatever is not for Allah, for it is corrupt and of no real benefit; rather, it falls outside what ought to be sought and desired.

The Most High says:

“They keep others away from him and keep away from him themselves. They destroy none but themselves, though they do not realize it.”

He states that they destroy themselves by keeping others away from the Messenger and keeping away from him themselves. It is well known that whoever refrains from following the Messenger and prevents others from following him—and such a person is a disbeliever—is destroyed through his disbelief by suffering the punishment he dreads rather than attaining the bliss he seeks.

The Most High also says:

“If a man dies.”

And He says:

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(1) A blank space in the original.

وَيُرَادُ، وَهَذَا مُنَاسِبٌ لِمَا لَا يَكُونُ لِلَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ فَاسِدٌ لَا يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ فِي الْحَقِيقَةِ بَلْ هُوَ خَارِجٌ عَمَّا يَجِبُ قَصْدُهُ وَإِرَادَتُهُ. قَالَ تَعَالَى: {وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ وَإِنْ يُهْلِكُونَ إلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ} أَخْبَرَ أَنَّهُمْ يُهْلِكُونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ بِنَهْيِهِمْ عَنْ الرَّسُولِ وَنَأْيِهِمْ عَنْهُ وَمَعْلُومٌ أَنَّ مَنْ نَأَى عَنْ اتِّبَاعِ الرَّسُولِ وَنَهَى غَيْرَهُ عَنْهُ - وَهُوَ الْكَافِرُ - فَإِنَّ هَلَاكَهُ بِكُفْرِهِ هُوَ حُصُولُ الْعَذَابِ الْمَكْرُوهِ لَهُ دُونَ النَّعِيمِ الْمَقْصُودِ. وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: {إنِ امْرُؤٌ هَلَكَ} . وَقَالَ: (١)

(١) بياض بالأصل