Be Easy with The Lovers!

 Be Easy with The Lovers!

On the authority of al-Asma‘ī, that he said, “I was once walking in the village when I came across a stone. Someone had written on it:

"O lovers! By Allah, tell me!
If a young man is overcome by love, what should he do?" 

So I wrote underneath it:

"Let him treat his desire, then conceal his secret
And humble himself in every matter and submit (before his Lord)"

I returned the next day and I found written underneath it:

"But how can it be treated when that desire fights the man
And every day his heart is torn to pieces?!"

So I wrote underneath it:

"If he is unable to be patient with concealing his secret
Then there is nothing for him except death that will benefit!"

I then returned on the third day to find a young man lying dead at the stone. I said, ‘Lā hawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhil-‘Alī’l-‘Adhīm!’ and found that he had written before his death:

"We have heard and we have obeyed; now we have died so tell everyone
My salām to the one who prevented me from attaining her."

(Narrated by al-Abshīhī in al-Mustatrif, 1/410)

So dear brothers and sisters, next time we give advice to such people, just remember you’re dealing with hearts full of love not vessels full of stone.

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