Pearl of Wisdom
was once asked by his grandson hasan b. 'Ali (AS), ?O father, what is the reward of one who visits you?' to which he replied, my son, he who visits me, during my life or after my death, or visits your father, your brother or yourself becomes deserving of my visiting him on the Day of Resurrection when I will rid him of his sins.'
Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa [sawa] Ilal al-Shara'i', p. 460, no. 5
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Entrusting Oneself to Allah |
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The one who entrusts his affair to Allah is in eternal rest and constant carefree ease of life; he is above caring about anything except Allah, as the Commander of the Faithful said, I was content with what Allah allotted me, and I entrusted my affair to my Creator. As Allah was good in what has passed, so He will be good in what remains.
As Allah said, in the words of a believer among the people of Pharaoh,
"I entrust my affair to Allah, surely Allah sees the servants". So Allah protected him from the evil consequences of what they planned and the most evil punishment overtook Pharaoh's people. (40:44‑5)
The Arabic word for entrustment (tafwid) consists of five letters, each letter having an injunction. He who heeds their commands brings the ta of his abandoning (tark) plans in this world; the fa of the annihilation (fana) of every aspiration other than Allah; the waw of fulfilling (wafa) the contract and confirming the promise; the ya of despairing (ya's) of yourself, and certainty (yaqin) in your Lord; and the dad of a conscience (damir) which is purely for Allah, and of the need (darurah) for Him. He who entrusts everything to Allah wakes up in the morning free of all evils, and at night sleeps protected in his faith.
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