Attachments

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Attachments are everything that the heart gets deeply attached to, besides Allaah and His Messenger, like worldly pleasures, desires, leadership, being in the company of people and loving them. There is no way at all to cut off or reject these three matters except by strong attachment to the highest issue. Man does not abandon his beloved or that which he is used to, except for the sake of another beloved who is dearer to him than the former. And whenever his attachment to his desires becomes stronger, his attachment to others would be weaker, and vice versa. To be attached to desires is to have a strong desire for them, and that is according to one’s knowledge about it, its honour and its excellence.

[Al- Fawaid: A Collection of Wise Sayings. Ibn Qayyim al Jawziyyah]

The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa'sallam said:

"The Muslim is a unique Ummah among the whole of mankind:
Their Land is ONE, their War is ONE, their Peace is ONE,
Their Honour is ONE and their Trust is ONE."
[Ahmad]