Chapter V: Oneness of God and Trust in God
Hadis — (1) The Prophet said : I saw all of my followers at the time of pilgrimage. I saw my followers filling up all plains and mountains. I was asked : Are you satisfied. I said : Only 70,000 Muslims will go to Paradise without account even though their numbers are many. He was asked : O Messenger of God, who are they ? He said : They are those who do no work looking at good or bad signs, who don't rely on spells and charms and rely only on their Lord. The companion Okasha stood up and said : O Messenger of God pray so that I may be one of them. The Prophet said : O God, make him one of them. Another companion stood up and said : Pray so that my be one of them. The Prophet said :
Okasha kept you behind and went forward. (2) The Prophet said :
If you can rely on God with due reliance. He will provide you with sustenance in such a manner as He provides birds and beasts. They leave their nests early in the morning and return in the evening filling up their bellies. (3) The Prophets said : He who returns to God after cutting off all connections, God is sufficient for him in his every action and He provides him from such a source which is beyond his conception. He who is addieted to the world, God hands him over to the world, (4) The Prophet said :
He who is pleased in not depending on men should hold fast more to what is near God than what is near men. (5) It has been narrated that when the family members of the Prophet became, hungry, he used to say : Stand up for prayer. He used to say : My Lord ordered me only for this, God says : Enjoing family members for prayer and stand steadfast to it. (6) The Prophet said :
He who takes refuge to enchantment and charms does not rely on God. (7) It has been narrated that when the Prophet Abraham was thrown into the fire, Gabriel said to him : Have you got any necessity ? He said : I ha ve got no necessity from you God's word is sufficient : God is sufficient for me and how good is He as an object of refuge, when arrangements were being made to throw him into fire, he informed Gabriel of this. God then sent to him revelation : Abraham is he who fulfilled his promise — 53 : 37.
(8) God revealed to David, O David, there is no such a man who seeks refuge to Me after forsaking the refuges of all men that I will not find out a way to save him even though all in heaven and earth stand against him.
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