The Illness and The Cure

الداء والدواء

Among the Punishments and Remedies for Sims: Further Selections from The Illness and The Cure

Some chapters excerpted from the famous ‘ad-daa wad-dawaa’ of Ibnul-Qayyim. About Al-imaam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah: He was born into a scholarly and virtuous family in 691 AH/ 1292 A.D. At that time Damascus was a centre of literature and thought. Many schools were located there and he studied and graduated under the protection, direction and sponsorship of his father. He was particularly influenced by his Shaykh and teacher Imam Ibn Taymiyyah, and also by Ibn ash-Shirazi amongst others. Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya died in the city of Damascus the year 751 AH/1350 C.E.,when he was scarcely 60 years old, and was buried at the cemetery of Bab- al-Saghir, near the grave of his father – Rahimahuma Allah.