After a little of the night had passed...

After a little of the night had passed, Umm Salamah saw that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was not in bed. She got up and went looking for him. All of a sudden she noticed that he was standing next to the room with his hands raised, his eyes full of tears and he was saying the following; "O God, don't take away the good you have given me. O God, don't please my enemies and those who are jealous of me.

O God, don't allow their evil from which you saved me to come back. O God, don't leave me to myself, even for one moment." At this point, Umm Salamah began crying. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said, "Why are you crying, Umm Salamah?" She said, "May my father and mother be your sacrifice, why shouldn't I cry?

Even though you have such a high station and the fact that God has forgiven your past and future sins, you talk to God in this way (it is more appropriate for us to fear God and to cry in His presence)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said, "How can I be safe when God left Prophet Jonas (peace be upon him) to himself for only a moment when that which afflicted him took place."[^4] As one can see, The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) perpetually saw himself in the presence of God and he would remember God with his heart and tongue and in this way, he caused the water of monotheism to flow across the land of his spirit, to the point where the tree of proximity to God was rooted in his heart and mixed with his being.

[^1]: Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 84, p. 257. [^2]: Majmu'ah Warram, vol. 2, p. 78. [^3]: Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 16, p. 264. [^4]: Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 6, p. 218. Previous…