Those around whom the people gather...

Those around whom the people gather, and love to have total control over you, who make themselves famous, and become famous, or you put trust in, have to be liars or weak in making a decision.” [19] How Does Allah -azwj Demonstrate His Love for His Servant?

عنه عليه السلام قال رسول الله صلي الله عليه و اله و سلم: قال الله سبحانه و تعالي: إنّ مِن عبادي لَعباداً لا يَصلح لهم أمر دينهم إلاّ بالغنى والسَّعة والصِحّة في البدن، فأبلوهم بالغِنى والسَعَة وصِحّة البدن فيَصلح عليهم أمرَ دينهم، وإنّ مِن عبادي المؤمنين لعباداً لا يَصلح لهم أمر دينهم إلاّ بالفاقة والمَسكنة والسُقم في أبدانهم، فأبلوهم بالفاقة والمسكنة والسُقم، فيَصلح عليهم أمر دينهم وأنا أعلم بما يَصلح عليه أمرَ دين عبادي المؤمنين، وإنّ مِن عبادي المؤمنين لمن يجتهد في عبادتي فيقوم من رُقاده ولَذيذ وساده فَيتهجّد لي الليالي فيتُعب نفسه في عبادتي فأضربه بالنُعاس الليلة والليلتين نَظَراً مِنّي إليه وإبقاءً عليه، فيَنام حتّى يَصبح، فيَقوم وهو ماقِتٌ لنفسه زارىءٌ عليها، ولو أُخلّي بينه وبين ما يُريد في عبادتي لَدَخله مِن ذلك العُجب فيُصيّره العُجب إلىَ الفِتنة بأعماله، فكان يأتيه مِن ذلك ما فيه هَلاكه لِعُجبِه بأعماله ورِضاه عن نفسه حتّى يَظنّ أنّه قد فاقَ العابدين وجازَ في عبادته حَدَّ التقصير، فيَتباعَد مِنّي عند ذلك وهو يَظنّ أنّه يَتقرّب إليّ.

Imam Abu Abdullah -asws quoted on the authority of Rasool Allah -saww that Allah -azwj the Almighty said: “Some of My -azwj believers are such that their religious affairs will not improve unless they are affluent and healthy, so I test them by giving them wealth and health. But some other believers are such that their religious affairs will not improve unless they are ill and poor, so I test them by giving them disease and poverty.

I am better aware of what will improve the religious affairs of my believing servants. Some of My -azwj believing servants are those who strive hard to worship Me -azwj . They get up from their warm beds and spend the night in worship, and suffer hardships for Me -azwj . Because I -azwj love them, I -azwj make them fall asleep one or two nights to safeguard their health. They fall asleep until the morning, and then blame themselves.

But if I -azwj had left them to themselves to worship Me -azwj as much as they please, they might get conceited. This conceit would lead them to mischief in their deeds and this would cause their ruin. Because of their conceit and overestimation of their deeds, they would consider themselves to be superior to others, and think that their worshipping had exceeded the degree of insufficiency.