What is meant by beautiful patience, beautiful forgiveness and beautiful abandonment?
2026-09-21
T78 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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النص العربي
المقتطف
"فَالْهَجْرُ الْجَمِيلُ" هَجْرٌ بِلَا أَذًى وَ "الصَّفْحُ الْجَمِيلُ" صَفْحٌ بِلَا عِتَابٍ وَ "الصَّبْرُ الْجَمِيلُ" صَبْرٌ بِلَا شَكْوَى قَالَ يَعْقُوبُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ {إنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إلَى اللَّهِ} مَعَ قَوْلِهِ: {فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ وَاللَّهُ الْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَى مَا تَصِفُونَ} فَالشَّكْوَى إلَى اللَّهِ لَا تُنَافِي الصَّبْرَ الْجَمِيلَ
English translation
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Selected explanation
“Beautiful abandonment” is abandonment without causing harm; “beautiful pardon” is pardon without reproach; and “beautiful patience” is patience without complaint. Jacob, may blessings and peace be upon him, said, “I complain of my anguish and sorrow only to Allah,” along with his statement, “So beautiful patience [is required], and Allah is the One whose help is sought concerning what you describe.” Complaining to Allah therefore does not contradict beautiful patience.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 10/666
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
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