Spiritual Disease and Its Cure by Imam Shams-ud-Deen Muhammad bin Abi Bakr bin Qayyim AlJ awziyyah

Whoever avoids the company of the believers, has denied the Protection of Allah ~' Who defends those who believe, and denied all the good things mentioned by Allah ~ in his Book that are provided for the believers. There are around a hundred qualities, and each one is better than this world and what it contains; for example: Great reward: (And Allah will grant the believers a Great Reward) 2 Protection from the evil of this world and the Hereafter: ( Truly, Allah defends those who believe) 3 The Angels who bear the Throne seek forgiveness fo r the believers: (Those (Angels) who bear the Throne (of Allah) and those around it glorify the praises of their Lord, and believe in Him, and ask forgiveness for those who believe) 4 Allah ~ guards those who believe: ( Allah is the protector and guardian of those who believe) 5 Allah ~ commands His Angels to reassure the believers: ( When your Lord revealed to the Angels, "Verily, I am with you, so keep firm, 0 those who have believed) 6 They have honour: (But honour, power and glory belong to Allah, and to His Messenger (Muhammad ~), and to the believers, but the hypocrites do not know. ) 7 Allah is in the company of the believers: ( Verily, Allah is with the believers) Exaltation in higher degrees: ( Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe) 9 Allah ~ grants righteous people a double portion of His Mercy, a light to guide them in their life, and forgiveness of their misdeeds. Allah ~ loves them and makes His Angels, His Prophets, and all His Pious Servants love them too: ( Verily, those who believe and work deeds of righteousness, the Most Gracious will bestow love upon them) 1 Allah ~ bestows the feeling of serenity upon them: ( So whosoever believes and does righteous good deeds, upon such shall come no fear, nor shall they grieve)2 Allah ~ is the One Who bestows His blessings upon them, and commands us to ask Him to guide us to their right path, seventeenth times, every night and day (when reciting Surat Al-Fatihah). The Qur ' an is a guide and healing for them: ( Say: It is for those who believe, a guide and healing. And as for those who disbelieve, there is heaviness in their ears, and it is blindness for them. They are those who are called from a place, far away ) 3 Every good in this world and the Hereafter is caused by good faith (and every evil in this world and the Hereafter is caused by the absence of the good faith). Some people care little about committing sins, which would take them out from the state of Iman (faith), but it does not mean they are no longer Muslims. However, if they persist on committing sins, then there is worry that their hearts might become overcome by those sins, which means they could end up being removed from the status of Islam altogether. It is for this reason that one scholar of the past said: "You fear sins, but I fear polytheism."