Pearl of Wisdom
'Piety is the structure of worship, and if it is cut, religion will collapse just like when a wire is cut the system follows it!'
Imam Ali ibn Hussain Zayn al-'Abidin [as] Tanbih al-Khawatir, v. 2, p. 88
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Contentment |
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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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