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Prophet said : Renunciation and God fear enkindle light every night in mind. If both of them finds a mind which ha got Iman and shame, they stay therein or else they go away. (7) Once Habesa asked the Prophet : Am I a real believer. The Prophet asked him : What are the true signs of your belief. He said : When my mind is separated from the world, stone and gold appear equal to me. It seems that I see Hell and Paradise with my eyes and the throne of my Lord lies near me. The Prophet said : Stay in the condition in which you are now. You are such a servant whose heart has been illumined by God by the light of faith. (8)
Once the Prophet was asked about the following verse : God expands the breast of one for Islam for whom He wishes gudicance (6:124). He explained the expansion by saying that it is a kind of light. When it enters the breast, it expands. He was again asked : O Messenger of God has it got any sign ? He said : It has got its sign mind turning away from the house of deception towards the everlasting abode and preparing for death before death actually comes. (9) The Prophet said : Be ashamed of God as is due to Him. They said : We are ashamed of God. He said : .
That is not so. Why do you construct a house wherein you are , unable to live ? Why do you save what you are unable to enjoy ?
This shows that these two things are opposed to shame for God.

(10) Once a deputation came to the Prophet and said : We are believers. The Prophet asked them. What are the signs of your belief ? They said : We keep patience at dangers and difficulties, we express gratefulness at the time of ease, we remain satisfied with the decree of fate and refrain from expressing satisfaction at the dangers and difficulties of our foes. The Prophet said : If your condition is such as you describe, then amass not what you are unable to enjoy and construct not a house wherein you are unable to live, and greed not what you shall have to leave. He advised them to take to renunciation in order to make perfect- their faith.

(11) Hazrat Jaber reported : The Prophet once said at the time of his sermon : He who truly believes that there is no deity but God and does not mix therewith any other thing, Paradise is sure for him. Hazrat Ali said at this : My father and mother be sacrificed to thee, O Messenger of God, give us satisfaction by describing what we should not mix therewith. He said : Love of this world and search for this world and to follow it. A party of men give advice like Prophets but act like proud men and oppressors.
Paradise is sure for one in whose belief in the word "There is no deity but God," there remains nothing of these faults. (12) The

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