Is the saying: "The hardship of obedience passes, and its reward remains; the pleasure of sins passes, and their punishment remains. Be with Allah, and do not despair, and extend your hands to Him in the darkness of nights," correctly attributed to Imam Ibn al-Jawzi?
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This exact wording has not been found in the available works of Ibn al-Jawzi, although its meaning is correct. The first sentence of it has been attributed to Ibn al-Jawzi in "Sayd al-Khatir" by several individuals, but it has not been found in the available version.
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