Ibn Daud - A Handbook of Spiritual Medicine

Relying on Other than Allāh
Signs & Symptoms
Lacking Certainty in Allāh
Qur’ānic, Prophetic
& Scholarly Evidence
Your sense of faith and trust in Allāh has
diminished, and you seek benefit from people,
rather than the Almighty
Your obsession with other mortals and created
things such as money, wealth, property and
business has compromised your certainty
(yaqīn) in Allāh
Neglecting Obligations
Your desire to place your trust in other than
Allāh results in you falling into the trap of
neglecting simple obligations, as well as those
praiseworthy acts that invite untold blessings
Delusion of Self-Sufficiency
You believe yourself to be self-sufficient,
evaluating yourself only by worldly standards,
and craving approval
Your heart’s striving to connect with Allāh
is weakened as a result
Allāh
o
o
says:
“And who could be more astray
than those who call upon others
besides Allāh — (others) that cannot
respond to them until the Day of
Judgement, and are (even) unaware
of their calls? And when (such)
people will be gathered together,
those (gods) will be their enemies
and will disown their worship” [Al-
A#qāf 46: 5-6]
“Whoever invokes, besides Allāh,
another god — for which they can
have no proof — they will surely find
their penalty with their Lord. Indeed,
the disbelievers will never succeed”
[Al-Mu’minūn 23:117]
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