إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْراً زَهَّدَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ فَقَّهَهُ فِي الدِّينِ وَ بَصَّرَهُ عُيُوبَهَا وَ مَنْ أُوتِيَهُنَّ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ قَالَ لَمْ يَطْلُبْ أَحَدٌ الْحَقَّ بِبَابٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الزُّهْدِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ هُوَ ضِدٌّ لِمَا طَلَبَ أَعْدَاءُ الْحَقِّ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مِمَّا ذَا قَالَ مِنَ الرَّغْبَةِ فِيهَا وَ قَالَ أَ لَا مِنْ صَبَّارٍ كَرِيمٍ فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ أَيَّامٌ قَلَائِلُ أَلَا إِنَّهُ حَرَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَجِدُوا طَعْمَ الْإِيمَانِ حَتَّى تَزْهَدُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا . قَالَ وَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِذَا تَخَلَّى الْمُؤْمِنُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا سَمَا وَ وَجَدَ حَلَاوَةَ حُبِّ اللَّهِ وَ كَانَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّهُ قَدْ خُولِطَ وَ إِنَّمَا خَالَطَ الْقَوْمَ حَلَاوَةُ حُبِّ اللَّهِ فَلَمْ يَشْتَغِلُوا بِغَيْرِهِ . قَالَ وَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْقَلْبَ إِذَا صَفَا ضَاقَتْ بِهِ الْأَرْضُ حَتَّى يَسْمُوَ .
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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Qasany, from the one who mentioned it, from the one who mentioned it, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘When Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Intends goodness with a servant, He<sup>azwj</sup> Causes him to be an ascetic in the world and to have an understanding regarding the Religion, and to have an insight into its faults, and the one who has been Given these, so he has been given the best of the world and the Hereafter’. And he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘No one would (be able to) seek the truth by a door superior than the ascetism in the world, and it is opposite of what the enemies of the truth are seeking’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! What is that from?’ He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘From the desire with regards to it’. And he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Is he not from the prestigious patient ones, as rather, these are (only) a few days (of this worldly life). Indeed! It is Prohibited upon you all that you would find the taste of the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> until you are ascetic in the world’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I heard Abu Abdullah<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> saying: ‘When a Believer isolates from the world, he would soar and find the sweetness of the love of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, and in the presence of the people of the world he would be as if he is muddled up, and rather the people are isolated from the sweetness of the love of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>. Therefore, do not pre-occupy yourselves with something else’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I heard him<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘When a heart is cleansed, the earth will look small for him until he gains real height (of the Irfan – recognition of the Divine Mysteries)’.
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