Repentance
By Imaam Muhammad ibn Idrees ash-Shaafi’ee (d.204H)
Al-Muzni who is Aboo lbraaheem Ismaa’eel ibn Yahya said:
“I entered upon ash-Shaafi’ee during his illness which resulted in his death, so I said to him: ‘What is your condition?’
He replied: ‘I am journeying from this world, and departing from my brothers, drinking from the cup of death, and upon Allaah - Exalted is His remembrance - arriving. And no! By Allaah, I do not know if my soul is travelling towards Paradise or the Fire!’ Then he started to weep, and he said:
From the Sayings of Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah
By Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah (d.728H)
Translated by Dr. Saleh as-Saleh (d.1429H)
Transcribed by Aboo Uthmaan [1]
Shaykh-ul-Islam ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah) said:
“The settling and acquisition of knowledge in the heart is like the settling of food in the body. The body feels the food and the drink, likewise the heart feels what settles in it from the knowledge, which is its food and its drink.” (Majmoo’ al-Fataawaa, Vol. 4, P. 41)
And he (rahimahullaah) said:
