Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah, medieval scholar
Known as إبن قيّم الجَوْزِية or إبن القيم for short, أبو عبدِ الله شَمْسُ الدِّينِ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ أبِي بَكرِ بنِ أيُّوبَ بنِ سَعْدِ بنِ حَرِيْزٍ الزُّرَعِيُّ الدِّمَشقِيُّ الحَنبَلِيُّ (1292–1350 CE) was an important medieval scholar and student of Ibn Taymiyyah. His work is referred to copiously in Al-Naba’. Some of his works frequently cited are:
أحكام أهل الذمة or Rulings on The Dhimmis
إعلام الموقّعين عن رب العالمين or Information for Those Who Write on Behalf of the Lord of the Worlds, إعلام الموقّعين for short
إغاثة اللهفان من مصايد الشيطان or Aid for the Yearning One in Resisting Satan, or Supporting the Distressed Against the Tricks of Satan
بدائع الفوائد or Amazing Points of Benefit
تحفة المودود بأحكام المولود or A Gift to the Beloved in Rulings over the Newborn
حادي الأرواح إلى بلاد الأفراح or Driving the Souls to the Abodes of Happiness
الداء والدواء or The Malady and the Cure, The Disease and the Cure, or Spiritual Disease and the Cure
زاد المعاد في هدي خير العباد or Provisions of the Hereafter in the Guidance of the Best of Servants, known as زاد المعاد for short
طريق الهجرتين وباب السعادتين or The Path of Two Migrations and Gate of Two Happinesses, or The Path of the Two Migrations and The Door to the Two States of Bliss, or طريق الهجرتين for short
عدة الصابرين وذخيرة الشاكرين or Equipment of the Patient and Ammunition of the Grateful, or The Way to Patience and Gratitude
الفروسية or Equestrianism
الفوائد or The Benefits
مدارج السالكين or Ranks of the Divine Seekers
مفتاح دار السعادة or Key to the Abode of Happiness
Also cited are Ibn Al-Qayyim’s various works of tafsir or explanation/interpretation of Quranic verses and hadith, his “Tabuk Message” (الرسالة التبوكية) and his Nuniyyah poem (نونية ابن القيم).
For example, infographic pages present a variety of subjects using Ibn Al-Qayyim’s works at:
25:16 Titled الطاغوت, the page uses two quotes from إعلام الموقّعين along with others from Mohammed Bin Abdul Wahhab and Quranic verses
66:16 A quote from مدارج السالكين in a page dedicated to intercession (for more on that subject, see شفاعة)
87:16 A page of extracts from الفوائد on “Knowing Allah” or معرفة الله
107:12 On ascetism and piety (الزهد والورع) citing hadith and Ibn Taymiyyah and مدارج السالكين
129:12 On Ibn Al-Qayyim’s explanation of Quranic verses 8:45-46, taken from الفروسية
175:12 On jihad by wealth, cites hadith, Ibn Taymiyyah and quotes from بدائع الفوائد
218:12 On reflection or contemplation of Allah’s creation, cites مفتاح دار السعادة
279:12 On things that cause “gladdening of the heart” (أسباب انشراح الصدر), uses extracts from زاد المعاد
322:12 On Ibn Al-Qayyim’s “three types of worldly pleasure” as described in الداء والدواء
345:12 Extracts from مدارج السالكين giving ten forms of الحياء or reserve, contrition, reservedness
366:12 Tafsir of Ibn Al-Qayyim on hadith in which the prophet Mohammed was said to seek refuge from Allah from “worry, grief, incapacity, laziness, cowardice, miserliness and being heavily in debt”
369:12 Extracts from مدارج السالكين on the “levels of reliance” on Allah
430:8 and 432:8 Extracts from Ibn Al-Qayyim’s تحفة المودود بأحكام المولود, a guide for raising a child from birth onwards in the proper Islamic fashion. The pages give advice on building a child’s character, discipline and forming good habits, morals and behaviour (for more on raising children in Al-Naba’, see ذرية)
438:12 On Ibn Al-Qayyim’s “Ten Levels of Generosity”, taken from مدارج السالكين
442:8 Extracts from The Malady and the Cure on “The Effects of Sins in the Dunya and the Hereafter” (see also extended extracts in articles at 199:10 and 201:10)
444:12 Extracts from إغاثة اللهفان من مصايد الشيطان for an infographic on “Signs of a Sound Heart” or “Signs of a Correct Heart”
456:8 Extracts from طريق الهجرتين وباب السعادتين on the subject of “Safeguarding [from bad] Thoughts”. For more, see الطريق إلى حفظ
الخواطر
457:8 Extracts from part 64 of حادي الأرواح إلى بلاد الأفراح describing various features of heaven. For more, see وصف الجنة
459:8 Extracts from زاد المعاد to highlight ten forms of weeping and the example of prophet Mohammed regarding weeping. For more, see أنواع البكاء
460:8 Extracts from طريق الهجرتين on the benefits of knowing the “state of the foremost in faith” or السابقين المُقَرَّبين
462:8 Extracts from مدارج السالكين on “Worshipping as the occasion requires” or العبادات بمقتضى الأوقات
466:8 Extracts from مدارج السالكين on the ten “veils” or barriers between a worshipper’s heart and Almighty Allah. For more, see الحجب العشرة
467:8 Extracts from بدائع الفوائد on فوائد إخفاء الدعاء or the “Benefits of Private Supplication”
470:8 Extracts from الفوائد on “Six Views” of how the believer should react when experiencing something they dislike. For more, see ستة مشاهد
474:8 Extracts from مدارج السالكين on the “pillars of virtuous and lowly morals” and “good character”, respectively patience, chastity/virtue, courage and justice, and ignorance, oppression, lowly desires and anger
478:8 Extracts from الفروسية on “courage and the courageous”
479:3 Extracts from مدارج السالكين on the “five acts of worship of the tongue”. For more, see عبوديات اللسان الخمس
481:8 Extracts from طريق الهجرتين on the “paths towards heaven”
484:8 Extracts from الفوائد on حدود الأخلاق or the “limits of one’s characteristics”, on excesses and deficiencies in aspects of one’s character such as courage, generosity, humility, honour or self-esteem and anger
486:8 Extracts from مدارج السالكين on “Some of the Signs of Those Who Truly Know Allah”. For more, see من علامات العارفين بالله
Articles using Ibn Al-Qayyim’s works include:
97:14 and 98:13 On the “hijrah of the body” and “hijrah of the heart” (the latter being “the true hijrah, the foundation from which hijrah of the body follows”), explored through extracts from the “Tabuk Message”
107:10 An article of excerpts from زاد المعاد
137:9 and 138:9 A two-part article on “the merit of knowledge and its people” (فضل العلم وأهله) based on مفتاح دار السعادة
191:10 On the meaning of patience and ten ways of acquiring it, extracts from عدة الصابرين وذخيرة الشاكرين
199:10 and 201:10 A two-part article on “The Effects of Sin on the Sinner”, extracts from الداء و الدواء (shorter extracts can be found in the infographic at 442:8)
208:10 Excerpts from الفوائد
314:10 Excerpts from الفوائد
486:7 A half-page excerpt from الفوائد
Ibn Al-Qayyim’s “Nuniyyah” poem (نونية ابن القيم), so called because each line ends with an “n” sound, is quoted at:
47:16 In an infographic page on features of Hell (النار). The page has an English version in Rumiyah magazine at page 21 of issue 2. Perhaps interestingly, the Rumiyah page cites the poem “An-Nuniyyah” as the source of the lines quoted while the Al-Naba’ page does not. The lines are:
أعلى النعيم رؤية وجهه * وخطابه في جنّة الحيوانِ
وأشد شيء في العذاب حجابه * سبحانه عن ساكني النيرانِ
Given in Rumiyah as:
The heights of bliss are in seeing and hearing Him in the garden of life.
And the worst of punishment is that He is veiled from those dwelling in the Fire
And at 374:10, in the first part of an eight-part series of articles on heaven called النعيم المقيم, the Nuniyyah poem is quoted in reference to الحور العين or the maidens of paradise, with the lines beginning: “Oh you who wishes to marry the beautiful maidens and seeks to unite with them in the everlasting gardens…”:
يا خاطب الحور الحسان وطالبًا
لوصالهنّ بجنة الحيوان
An ongoing series of “Sayings of the Scholars of the Religion” (من أقوال علماء الملة) that appears sporadically presents statements from a variety of figures on various topics without comment. Ibn Al-Qayyim often features, such as at:
321:7 with a quote from مدارج السالكين
322:10 with a quote from الفوائد
368:5 with a quote from زاد المعاد on corruption in the “land and sea”, referring to Quran 30:41
371:7 with a quote from أحكام أهل الذمة on congratulating Jews and Christians on their religious occasions
373:11 with a quote from الداء والدواء on حسن الظن
Ibn Al-Qayyim is also occasionally quoted extensively in Islamic State speeches, such in the transcript of Abu Bakr Al-Husseini Al-Qurashi Al-Baghdadi’s “Give Glad Tidings to the Patients” (وبشر الصابرين) in Al-Naba’ issue 145, where Ibn Al-Qayyim is quoted on pages 12 and 14.