Wisdom and Exhortations from Imam Ibn Al-Qayym:

The themes of the exhortations are common among scholars, because their objective in this is common: it is the fact of accessing faith and rectitude, as it is emphasized in the noble prophetic tradition.

Now, depending on the social situation and the kind of diseases that predominate, the scientist's mission consists in presenting the appropriate remedy, while taking care to repel the most serious among them according to the scale of priorities. And this is what makes the scientist insist on certain themes more than others.

When we examine the exhortations of Imam Ibn al Qayyim, we find many themes, including: Compliance with the Book and the Sunnah; Happiness ; The heart ; Respect for time; Respect for priorities; Respect for the relationship of necessity between science and action; Exclusive devotion to God the Most High; The warning against the split and The attachment to the prophetic path.

We leave it to you, dear readers, to discover other themes through your examinations and your reflections on some of his exhortations –may God be merciful to him-.

This book reveals different themes on wisdom and exhortation. Here are a few:

• The Servant's Happiness.
• The Gate of Indigence.
• The Gardens of Paradise.
• Don't blame this world.
• Passions.
• The estrangement from the Book and the Sunna.
• The degrees of prohibitions.
• Prayer accepted.
• The young.
• The basis of all good.
• Mediation on the Koran.
• Caring about people.
• The consolation.
• Guests.
• ...