Assalaamu Alaykum

“My jannah is in my heart“

Ibn al-Qayyim said:

One day he – meaning Ibn Taymiyah – said to me: What can my enemies do to me? My jannah is in my heart; wherever I go it is with me and never leaves me. My imprisonment is seclusion (an opportunity for worship), my being killed is martyrdom, and being expelled from my city is a journey.

He used to say of his detainment in the citadel: If I were to spend the fill of this citadel in gold, that would not be sufficient to express my gratitude for this blessing. Or he said: That would not be sufficient to reward them for what they have brought to me of goodness.

There is no greater pleasure than having a connection with Allah. Everything is khair for the true believer, for he expects nothing but goodness from His Lord. 

May Allah help us attain a status where we will be pleased with calamities that befall us out of our love for Him. 

xoxo. مع السلام