Pearl of Wisdom
He who neither knows us nor rejects us is astray, until he returns to the guidance that Allah has made incumbent upon him that is the obligatory obedience to us. And if he dies in this deviation of his , Allah will do with him as He pleases.'
Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as] al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 187, no. 11
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Contentment is when a person is content with what he loves and what he hates; it is a ray of the light of gnosis. He who is content is annihilated to all his choices; he is really the one with whom Allah is content. Contentment is a name which contains the meanings of servitude, and maybe described as the joy of the heart. I heard my father, Muhammad al-Baqir, say, 'To attach the heart to what is present is association (shirk), and to what is not there is disbelief (kufr): these are the wings of heedlessness.' I am amazed at anyone who claims to be a slave to Allah and then contends with Him over His decrees. Content gnostics ('arifin) are far from being like that.'
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