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Is the statement mentioned from the words of Ibn al-Qayyim: "Your joy in sin is more severe to Allah than the sin itself, and your laughter while committing the sin is more severe to Allah than the sin itself. And your sadness at missing a sin, if it eludes you, is more severe to Allah than the sin itself. And your sadness at missing a disobedience is weightier than the disobedience itself in the scale. And your eagerness to conceal yourself while committing the sin is more severe to Allah than the sin itself a million million times over. Do you fear people? Do you feel shame before people, yet feel no shame before your Lord?"?

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We have not come across this statement attributed to Ibn al-Qayyim, but he narrated in his book Al-Jawab al-Kafi from Ibn Abbas his saying: "O صاحب الذنب (sinner), do not feel secure from the temptation of the sin, and the evil consequences of the sin. And what follows the sin is greater than the sin, if you knew. For your lack of shame before those on your right and left while you are committing the sin is greater than the sin. And your laughter while you do not know what Allah will do with you is greater than the sin. And your joy in the sin when you achieve it is greater than the sin. And your sadness over the sin if you miss it is greater than the sin. And your fear of the wind if it moves the curtain of your door while you are committing the sin, and your heart does not tremble from Allah's gaze upon you, is greater than the sin." Al-Saffarini deemed the chain of narration for this athar (narration) weak, and Ibn Hajar al-Haytami said: "It appears that it is not authentic."

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