وَأَيَّمَا عَبْدٍ عَصَانِيْ...
وَأَيَّمَا عَبْدٍ عَصَانِيْ، وَكَلْتُهُ إِلى نَفْسِهِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ أُبالِ فِيْ أَيِّ وادٍ هَلَكَ. “Whoever obeys Me, I will not hand him over to other than Myself. And whoever disobeys Me, I will leave him unto himself. Then I won’t bother in which valley he is destroyed.”[^8] Imam As-Sadiq (‘a) said to Abbad Ibn Kathir Basri, وَيْلَكْ يَا عَبَّادُ! إِيَّاكَ وَالرِّياءَ! فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ لِغَيْرِ اللهِ، وَكَلَهُ اللهُ إِلى مَنْ عَمِلَ لَهُ. “Woe unto you O Abbad! Keep away from ostentation.
For, whoever works for other than Allah, Allah will hand him over to the one for whom he worked.”[^9] Hence, considering that His slaves and whatever is in their possession, all are the creatures and possession of Allah,
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