And from Al-Askari -asws having said: ‘If the whole world were to be made as one morsel, then I -asws feed it to the one who worships Allah -azwj sincerely , I -asws would view it as having been deficient in his right ; and if I -asws were to prevent a Kafir from it until he dies of hunger and thirst, then I -asws make him taste a drink of water, I -asws would view it as my -asws having been extravagant’’.
And Isa -as had said to the disciples: ‘Whenever one of you fasts, then let him oil his head and his beard, and he should wipe his lips with the oil lest the people see that he is fasting; and when he gives with his right hand, let him hide it from his left; and when he prays, so let him pull down the curtain on his door, for Allah -azwj Apportions the praise just as He -azwj Apportions the sustenance’’.
[6] أَسْرَارُ الصَّلَاةِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا قَالَ لَيْسَ يَعْنِي أَكْثَرَكُمْ عَمَلًا وَ لَكِنْ أَصْوَبَكُمْ عَمَلًا وَ إِنَّمَا الْإِصَابَةُ خَشْيَةُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ النِّيَّةُ الصَّادِقَةُ الْحَسَنَةُ (The book) ‘Israr Al Salat’ – from Sufyan Bin Uyayna, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws regarding Words of Mighty and Majestic: in order to Try you, which of you is best in deeds, [67:2] .
He -asws said: ‘It doesn’t mean the most abundant of you in deed, but the most correct of you in deed, and rather the correctness is fearing Allah -azwj the Exalted, and the truthful intention is the good deeds’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ الْإِبْقَاءُ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ حَتَّى يَخْلُصَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ وَ الْعَمَلُ الْخَالِصُ الَّذِي لَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ يَحْمَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ النِّيَّةُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ Then he -asws said: ‘The remaining upon the deed until it finishes is severer than the deed (itself), and the sincere deed is which you do not want anyone to praise you upon it except Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, and the intention is superior to the deed .