As for the people of Tasawwuf, they affirm the love of Allah, and this is more evident among them than all other issues....the affirmation of the love of Allah is well-known in the speech of their [old] and recent masters, just as it is affirmed in the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah and in agreement of the ways of the early generation (Salaf)
Ibn TaymiyyahImprisoned is he whose heart is imprisoned from Allâh. Captured is he who is captured by his desires.
Ibn TaymiyyahRemembrance is to the heart what water is to the fish. And what is the state of a fish that leaves water?
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