How can I -saww be the most ascetic regarding the world and...
How can I -saww be the most ascetic regarding the world and most desirous regarding the Hereafter?’ قَالَ خُذْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا خِفّاً مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ الشَّرَابِ وَ اللِّبَاسِ وَ لَا تَدَّخِرْ لِغَدٍ وَ دُمْ عَلَى ذِكْرِي He -azwj Said: “Take from the world, the light (less) from the food, and the drink, and the clothing, and do not hoard for tomorrow, and be constant upon My -azwj Zikr!” فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَ كَيْفَ أَدُومُ عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ He -saww said: ‘O Lord -azwj !
And can I -saww be constant upon Your -azwj Zikr?’ فَقَالَ بِالْخَلْوَةِ عَنِ النَّاسِ وَ بُغْضِكَ الْحُلْوَ وَ الْحَامِضَ وَ فَرَاغِ بَطْنِكَ وَ بَيْتِكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا- He -azwj Said: “By isolating from the people, and your hating the sweet and the sour, and freeing your belly (by fasting) and your house from the world.
يَا أَحْمَدُ فَاحْذَرْ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِثْلَ الصَّبِيِّ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى الْأَخْضَرِ وَ الْأَصْفَرِ أَحَبَّهُ وَ إِذَا أُعْطِيَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الْحُلْوِ وَ الْحَامِضِ اغْتَرَّ بِهِ O Ahmad -saww ! Be careful of not being like the young boy. When he looks at the green and the yellow, he loves it, and when he is give something from the sweet and the sour, he is deceived by it!” فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ أَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَيْكَ He -saww said: ‘O Lord -azwj !
Point me -saww upon a deed I -saww can draw closer to You -azwj !’ قَالَ اجْعَلْ لَيْلَكَ نَهَاراً وَ نَهَارَكَ لَيْلًا He -azwj Said: “Make your -saww night as a day, and your -saww day as a night!” قَالَ يَا رَبِّ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ He -saww said: ‘O Lord -azwj ! How can that be so?’ قَالَ اجْعَلْ نَوْمَكَ صَلَاةً وَ طَعَامَكَ الْجُوعَ- He -azwj Said: “Make your -saww sleep as your -saww Salat, and your food as the hunger!
يَا أَحْمَدُ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ ضَمِنَ لِي بِأَرْبَعِ خِصَالٍ إِلَّا أَدْخَلْتُهُ الْجَنَّةَ يَطْوِي لِسَانَهُ فَلَا يَفْتَحُهُ إِلَّا بِمَا يَعْنِيهِ وَ يَحْفَظُ قَلْبَهُ مِنَ الْوَسْوَاسِ وَ يَحْفَظُ عِلْمِي وَ نَظَرِي إِلَيْهِ وَ تَكُونُ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِهِ الْجُوعَ- O Ahmad -saww ! By My -azwj Might and My -azwj Majestic!
There is no Momin servant who guarantees four characteristics for Me -azwj , except I -azwj shall Enter him into the Paradise – he would fold his tongue and not open it except for what concerns him, and he would guard his heart from the insinuations (of Satan -la ), and he would preserve My -azwj Knowledge and My ‑azwj Looking at him, and the hunger would be delight of his eyes!