A precious Gem: The Complain of the Ignorant, Ibn Al-Qayyim , Al Fuwaid
(taken from the English translation of the book) p. 134
The ignorant people complain to people about Allaah, and this is the
highest degree of ignorance, for if he had known his Lord, he would not
have complained about Him, and if he had known the people he would not
have complained to them.
One of the predecessors saw a man complaining to another man about his
poverty and dire necessity. He said to him, 'O you! By Allaah, you have
done nothing but complain about He who has mercy for you, to the one who
has no mercy for you'.
The following words have been mentioned about the meaning of the
previous statement of the predecessor.
*When you complain to a son of Adam,,,,verily you complain about the
Most Merciful,,,,,, to the one who does not pity*.
On the contrary, the person who is profoundly knowledgeable about
Allaah complains to Allaah alone. And the most knowledgeable person
about Allaah is the one who complains about himself to Allaah, and never
to people. He complains about the causes that make people do wrong to
him, for he knows about the following ayah,
'And whatever of misfortune befalls you it is because of what your
hands have earned. And He pardons much' (Ash-Shura, 42: 30)
'Whatever of good reaches you, is from Allaah but whatever of evil
befalls you, is from yourself.'
(An-Nisa, 4: 79)
'(What is the matter with you?). When a single disaster smites you,
although you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, you say:
'From where does this come to us?' Say (to them), 'It is from yourselves
(because of your evil deeds). 'And Allaah has power over all things.
(Al-Imran, 3: 165)
Therefore, there are three levels: the lowest one is to complain about
Allaah to his creatures, the highest one is to complain about yourself
to Him and the middle one is to complain about His creatures to Him.
May Allaah make us from those who complain to Him alone about
ourselves, He the Majestic and Most High, Ameen.
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