perfectpearl
21-04-07, 09:34 PM
The Book of Assistance
On Reliance on God
× You must rely on God, for He suffices, enriches, and concerns Himself with those who do so. And the one who relies on God, God will suffice him. (65:3)
× Reliance [tawakkul] is one of the fruits of a sincere Monotheism which is well established and has prevailed in the heart.
× The Messenger of God, may blessings and peace be upon him, has said: 'Were you to rely on God as He rightly should be relied on, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds which go off hungry in the morning and return full in the evening.'
× Know that the basis of reliance on God is the heart's knowledge that all matters are in God's Hand, whether beneficial or harmful
× It is a condition for sound reliance that it does not lead you to disobey God, and that you avoid what He has forbidden and perform what He has commanded, relying in all this on Him, seeking [only] His assistance and committing yourself to Him.
× Using any of the world's means does not invalidate your reliance as long as you rely on God and not on that which you use.
× Know that storing things and the treatment of illness do not compromise the essence of reliance for those who know that the One Who enriches, benefits, and harms is God alone. The Messenger of God, may blessings and peace be upon him, stored things for those in his charge to demonstrate that it was allowable; as for himself, he never stored anything for the morrow; and if someone else stored something for him he forbade him as soon as he came to know of it.
× The one whose reliance is sincere has three marks
1. The first is that he neither has hopes in nor fears other than God. The sign of this is that he upholds the truth in the presence of those in whose regard people usually have hope or fear, such as princes and rulers.
2. The second is that worrying about his sustenance never enters his heart, because of his confidence in God's guarantee, so that his heart is as tranquil when in need as when his need has been fulfilled, or even more.
3. The third is that his heart does not become disturbed in fearful situations, knowing that that which has missed him could never have struck him, and that which has struck him could never have missed him.
On Reliance on God
× You must rely on God, for He suffices, enriches, and concerns Himself with those who do so. And the one who relies on God, God will suffice him. (65:3)
× Reliance [tawakkul] is one of the fruits of a sincere Monotheism which is well established and has prevailed in the heart.
× The Messenger of God, may blessings and peace be upon him, has said: 'Were you to rely on God as He rightly should be relied on, He would provide for you as He provides for the birds which go off hungry in the morning and return full in the evening.'
× Know that the basis of reliance on God is the heart's knowledge that all matters are in God's Hand, whether beneficial or harmful
× It is a condition for sound reliance that it does not lead you to disobey God, and that you avoid what He has forbidden and perform what He has commanded, relying in all this on Him, seeking [only] His assistance and committing yourself to Him.
× Using any of the world's means does not invalidate your reliance as long as you rely on God and not on that which you use.
× Know that storing things and the treatment of illness do not compromise the essence of reliance for those who know that the One Who enriches, benefits, and harms is God alone. The Messenger of God, may blessings and peace be upon him, stored things for those in his charge to demonstrate that it was allowable; as for himself, he never stored anything for the morrow; and if someone else stored something for him he forbade him as soon as he came to know of it.
× The one whose reliance is sincere has three marks
1. The first is that he neither has hopes in nor fears other than God. The sign of this is that he upholds the truth in the presence of those in whose regard people usually have hope or fear, such as princes and rulers.
2. The second is that worrying about his sustenance never enters his heart, because of his confidence in God's guarantee, so that his heart is as tranquil when in need as when his need has been fulfilled, or even more.
3. The third is that his heart does not become disturbed in fearful situations, knowing that that which has missed him could never have struck him, and that which has struck him could never have missed him.