A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Shaykh al-Wasithi ( q.s. ) entered Nisabur and asked the companions of Sidi Abu ‘Utsman al-Hasani ( q.s. ), “What did your shaykh used to enjoin you to do?”   They answered, “He used to enjoin us to stick to acts of obedience while seeing shortcomings in them.”   Shaykh al-Wasithi ( q.s. ) replied, “He enjoined you with pure fire worship.  He should have instead commanded you to be absent from your works by seeing the One Who Makes them come about.”   Imam Abu al-Qasim ‘Abd al-Karim ibn Huzan al-Qushayri ( q.s. ) commented on this, “Shaikh al-Wasithi  only wanted to save them from possible self-pride in actions.  He did not mean to invalidate the act of seeing shortcomings or to break one of the proper manners.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   Imam Abu ‘Abdullah Muhammad ibn Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn ‘Abbad ar-Rundi ( r.a. ) wrote Sharh al-Hikam ‘Atha’illah , a commentary on Shaykh Taj ad-Din Abu al-Fadhl Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Atha’illah as-Sakandari’s ( q.s. ) Hikam .   Regarding Shaykh ibn ‘Atha’illah as-Sakandari’s ( q.s. ) statement, “Whoever wishes that something other than what Allah has brought about happen in the present time, has not left ignorance a bit,” Imam ibn ‘Abbad ar-Rundi ( r.a. ) wrote, “When Allah ( s.w.t. ) Establishes the servant in a situation among the situations, which shari’ah does not blame, he should stick to good manners by choosing to remain in it and be pleased with it.  He should also be attentive of Allah by guarding over the situation's proper manners.  Let him be in accordance with Allah’s Desire for him until He is the One Who Takes him out of it.”   Sidi Abu ‘Utsman al-Hasani ( q.s. ) aid, “For forty years, Allah has n...