Contentment

Pearl of Wisdom

'I asked Abu 'Abdullah [al-Sadiq] (AS) about two groups of believers; one group were rebels and the other group just, and the just group defeated the rebels.' He (AS) said, 'The just group does not have the right to chase the retrieving fugitive or to kill a prisoner or finish off a wounded person, and this is of course when nobody from the rebels are left and no formation from them exists to return so that those who have remained may join them.'

Hafs Ibn Ghiyath

al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 32, no. 2

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Contentment

Contentment is when a person is content with what he loves and what he hates; it is a ray of the light of gnosis. He who is content is annihilated to all his choices; he is really the one with whom Allah is content. Contentment is a name which contains the meanings of servitude, and maybe described as the joy of the heart.

I heard my father, Muhammad al-Baqir, say, 'To attach the heart to what is present is association (shirk), and to what is not there is disbelief (kufr): these are the wings of heedlessness.' I am amazed at anyone who claims to be a slave to Allah and then contends with Him over His decrees. Content gnostics ('arifin) are far from being like that.'

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