Upon you -saww is to be with the silence...

Upon you -saww is to be with the silence, for the hearts of the longest lifespan are hearts of the righteous and the silent ones, and the most ruined of hearts are hearts of the speakers with what does not concern them. يَا أَحْمَدُ إِنَّ الْعِبَادَةَ عَشَرَةُ أَجْزَاءٍ تِسْعَةٌ مِنْهَا طَلَبُ الْحَلَالِ فَإِذَا طَيَّبْتَ مَطْعَمَكَ وَ مَشْرَبَكَ فَأَنْتَ فِي حِفْظِي وَ كَنَفِي O Ahmad -saww ! The worship is of ten segments – nine of these is seeking the Permissible (sustenance).

When your food and drink is good then you are in My -azwj Protection and My ‑azwj Care!” قَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَا أَوَّلُ الْعِبَادَةِ He -saww said: ‘O Lord -azwj !

What is the first worship?’ قَالَ أَوَّلُ الْعِبَادَةِ الصَّمْتُ وَ الصَّوْمُ He -azwj Said: “The first worship is the silence and the fasting!” قَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَ مَا مِيرَاثُ الصَّوْمِ He -saww said: ‘O Lord -azwj , and what is the inheritance of fasting?’ قَالَ الصَّوْمُ يُورِثُ الحِكْمَةَ وَ الحِكْمَةُ تُورِثُ الْمَعْرِفَةَ وَ الْمَعْرِفَةُ تُورِثُ الْيَقِينَ فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَنَ الْعَبْدُ لَا يُبَالِي كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَ بِعُسْرٍ أَمْ بِيُسْرٍ He -azwj Said: “The fasting inherits the wisdom, and the wisdom inherits the recognition, and the recognition inherits the conviction.

When the servant is convinced, he does not mind how he becomes, in hardship or ease!” وَ إِذَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ فِي حَالَةِ الْمَوْتِ يَقُومُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ مَلَائِكَةٌ بِيَدِ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ كَأْسٌ مِنْ مَاءِ الْكَوْثَرِ وَ كَأْسٌ مِنَ الْخَمْرِ يَسْقُونَ رُوحَهُ حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ سَكْرَتُهُ وَ مَرَارَتُهُ وَ يُبَشِّرُونَهُ بِالْبِشَارَةِ الْعُظْمَى وَ يَقُولُونَ لَهُ طِبْتَ وَ طَابَ مَثْوَاكَ‏ إِنَّكَ تَقْدَمُ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ الْحَبِيبِ الْقَرِيبِ And when the servant is in the state of death, Angels will stand upon his head.