As Salaam o Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barkatuh!
A`uzu billahis Samee`il`Aleem,
minash shaytanir rajeem!
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem!
Wa Salaatu wa Salaam
`alaa Rasulullah-
Salallahu `Alayhi wa Sallam
References:
Alam al-Jinn wal-Malaikah by Shaikh Umar al-Ashqar,
Informational answers given by Shaikh Muhammad Salih al-Munajjid,
Shaytan: Khutuwatihi wa-Gayatihi by Wail Umar Ali Basheer, Adawatush-Shaytan
lil-Insan by Muhammad Mutawalli ash-Sha'rawi, Kitab at-Tawheed by Shaikh Salih
al-Fawzan,
Tafseer Ibn Katheer and others.
Shaytaan enters a person's heart through his weaknesses
As mentioned earlier, Shaytan gradually misguides mankind through waswaas but
he does not use the same approach for everyone. People differ in their nature,
personality and ways of thinking, so what appeals to someone, may not appeal
to another. Shaytan may seek to conquer someone by exploiting his love for
money, while he may subdue another by his lust for fame, or might delude
another by emotion. So, Shaytan has different ways to enter a man's soul and
misguide it - these doorways to a person's heart are referred to as, 'weakness
of man.'
Ignorance, Ingratitude, Argumentativeness,
Overstepping the limits, Carelessness, Pride, Doubt, Suspicion, Despair,
Hopelessness, Recklessness, Haste, Inappropriate joy, Self-admiration,
Wrong-doings, Oppression, Negligence, Miserliness, Stinginess,
Covetousness, Going to extreme hostility in cases of disputes, Panic,
Fear, Rebellion, Tyranny,
Love of wealth
are doorways of Shaytan into a man's heart.
Ibn Jareer mentioned that Yazid bin Qusayt said, 'The Prophets (PBUH) used
to have Masjids outside their cities, and if The Prophet (PBUH) wanted to
consult with his Lord about something, he would go out to his place of worship
and pray as Allah decreed. Then he would ask Him about whatever was concerning
him. Once while The Prophet (PBUH) was in his place of worship, the enemy of
Allah - meaning Iblees - came and sat between him and the Qiblah (direction of
prayer). The Prophet (PBUH) said, 'I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed
Shaytan.' The enemy of Allah said, 'Do you know the one you are seeking refuge
from, Here he is!' The Prophet (PBUH) said, 'I seek refuge with Allah from the
accursed Shaytan' and he repeated that three times. Then the enemy of Allah
said, 'Tell me about anything by which you will be saved from me.' The Prophet
(PBUH) twice said, 'No, you tell me about something in which you can overpower
the son of Adam.' Each of them was
insisting that the other answers first, then the Prophet (PBUH) said, 'Allah
says, 'Certainly, you shall have no authority over My servants, except those
of the astray who follow you. The enemy of Allah said, 'I heard this before
you were even born.' The Prophet (PBUH) said, 'And Allah says, 'And if an evil
whisper comes to you from Shaytan then seek refuge with Allah. Verily, He is
All-Hearing, All-Knowing.' [(7): 200] By Allah, I never sense that you are
near but I seek refuge with Allah from you.' The enemy of Allah said, 'You
have spoken the truth. In this way you will be saved from me.' The Prophet
(PBUH) said, 'Tell me in what ways you overpower the son of Adam.' He said, 'I
seize him at times of anger and times of desire.'
[See, Tafseer Ibn Katheer for the verse (15): 42]
Imam Ibnul-Qayyim said in Igaathat al-Lahfaam (1/32), 'The Shaytan flows
through the son of Adam like blood, until it is as if he becomes part of him,
so he finds out what he likes and prefers; once he knows that, he uses it
against a person and enters into him through this door. He also passes this
information on to his brothers and allies among mankind, so that when they
want to achieve their nefarious aims against one another they do so through
means of that which people love and desire. Whoever tries to enter through this
door will gain entry, and whoever tries to enter through any other way will
find that the door is barred to him and he will not get what he wants.'
Imam Ibnul-Qayyim further explained how Shaytan used this trick to mislead
our father Adam (alaihis-salaam) by appearing sincere towards him, he said,
'So, the enemy of Allah sensed what our parents liked, and felt that they
wanted to live forever in that abode of joy. He knew that he could not reach
them in any other way, so he swore to them by Allah that he was one of the
sincere ones and said, 'Your Lord did not forbid you this tree save you should
become angels or become of the immortals.' And he (Shaytan) swore by Allah to
them both (saying), 'Verily, I am one of the sincere well-wishers for you
both.' [Soorah al-A'raf (7): 21]
Taken from As-Sunnah Newsletter - http://www.qsep.com
As-Sunnah Vol. 2 Issue No. 11
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