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A man once came to the great Zahid (ascetic) Sultan Ibraheem ibn Adham (RA) and said, “Shaykh my nafs (ego/self) calls me towards doing bad deeds, so please advise me. (So I may be able to overcome this.)

Sultan Ibrahim said; “If your nafs calls you to this then oblige and there will be no issue for you, but first fulfill these five conditions. The man replied; please inform me of these?


First Condition: If you want to transgress Allah, then find a place wherein He will not be able to see you.

The man replied, “SubhanAllah. How can I hide from him, when nothing is hidden from Him? (69:18)

Sultan Ibrahim said; “SubhanAllah. Are you not ashamed to transgress Allah while he looks upon you?”


Second Condition: If you want to transgress Allah then do not do so on His land.

The man replied; “SubhanAllah. Where can I go when all the land of the universe is His?

Sultan Ibrahim said; “SubhanAllah. Are you not ashamed to transgress Allah while living on his Land?


Third Condition: If you want to transgress Allah, then do not eat from His sustenance.

The man replied; “SubhanAllah. How can I live then, when every bounty is from him?

Sultan Ibrahim said; “SubhanAllah. Are you not ashamed to transgress Allah when He nourishes you and conserves for you your provisions?”


Fourth Condition: If you want to transgress Allah, when the Angels come to take drag you to Hell, do not go along with them.

The man replied; “SubhanAllah. I will not have the strength to do this, rather they will drag me without my choice to Hell. (In reference to 44:47 THQ)


Fifth Condition: If you want to transgress Allah, when your book of deeds is opened for you, deny that the bad deeds belong to you.

The man replied; “SubhanAllah. And where will the Noble Scribes (Angels) and the witnesses that will speak be on that day be? (In reference to verses 82:11 and 24:24 THQ)

Then the man understood the lesson, began to cry profusely, repented to Allah, and continued to live in piety until he died.



أقبل رجل إلى إبراهيم بن أدهم.. فقال: يا شيخ.. إن نفسى تدفعني إلى المعاصي.. فعظني موعظة قال له إبراهيم: إذا دعتك نفسك إلى معصية الله فاعصه.. ولا بأس عليك ولكن لي إليك خمسة شروط

قال الرجل: هاتها
قال إبراهيم: إذا أردت أن تعصي الله فاختبئ في مكان لا يراك الله فيه

فقال الرجل: سبحان الله كيف أختفي عنه وهو لا تخفى عليه خافية

فقال إبراهيم: سبحان الله أما تستحي أن تعصي الله وهو يراك
فسكت الرجل ثم قال: زدني
فقال إبراهيم: إذا أردت أن تعصي الله فلا تعصه فوق أرضه
فقال الرجل: سبحان الله وأين أذهب وكل ما في الكون له
فقال إبراهيم: أما تستحي أن تعصي الله وتسكن فوق أرضه ؟
قال الرجل: زدني
فقال إبراهيم: إذا أردت أن تعصي الله فلا تأكل من رزقه

فقال الرجل: سبحان الله.. وكيف أعيش وكل النعم من عنده

فقال إبراهيم: أما تستحي أن تعصي الله وهو يطعمك ويسقيك ويحفظ عليك قوتك ؟
قال الرجل: زدني
فقال إبراهيم: فإذا عصيت الله ثم جاءتك الملائكة لتسوقك إلى النار فلا تذهب معهم

فقال الرجل: سبحان الله وهل لي قوة عليهم إنما يسوقونني سوقاً
فقال إبراهيم: فإذا قرأت ذنوبك في صحيفتك فأنكر أن تكون فعلتها
فقال الرجل: سبحان الله فأين الكرام الكاتبون والشهود الناطقون
ثم بكى الرجل ومضى وهو يقول: أين الكرام الكاتبون والشهود الناطقون

(Acknowledgement: Shaykh Mohammed Daniel)

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Very lovely and we hope that we can minimize are sins and ask Allah to forgive us

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Ameen and may Allah relieve for our brothers and sisters the suffering and tyranny they are facing in Syria, al-Quds, Burma and worldwide.

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Ameen to your du'a, Shaykh.
SubhanAllah. If we try to live by this quote, it would surely increase us in taqwa.

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