The Art of Complaining
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I begin in the Name of Allaah, the most Merciful, the One Who bestows Mercy
The Art of Complaining
Imaam Ibn al-Qayyim - may Allaah have mercy on him - said in al-Fawaaa’id (pp. 130-131):
The ignorant one complains about Allaah to the people! This is the height of ignorance in complaining and in whom the complaint is about. For if a person were to truly know his Lord, he would never complain of him. If he truly knew people, he would never complain to them! … The gnostic complains only to Allaah, and the most knowledgable of the gnostics are those who complain to Allaah about themselves, not about others… So there are three levels: The most contemptible is to complain to people about Allaah; the loftiest of them is to complain to Allaah about oneself; the middle level is to complain to Allaah about others.
[English translation is taken from "The Exquisite Pearl"; Imaam as-Sa'dee's commentary on his own poem, "The Journey to Allaah and the Home of the Hereafter".]
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Excellent book Masha’Allah. If anyone is interested, you can study it at Tayyibun Institute. It’s usually taught by Shaykh Alomgir, the classes are amazing and very beneficial Alhamdulilah.