Pearl of Wisdom
when a person asked him, 'I want to be the most honoured of people, replied, 'Do not complain about Allah to people and you will be the most honoured of people.'
Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa [sawa] Kanz al-'Ummal, no. 44154
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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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