Hadith 284

(The book) ‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Ibrahim Bin hashim, from Ibrahim Bin Al Haysam Al Khafaf, from a man from our companions, from Abdul Malik Bin Hisham, from Ali Al Ashary raisng it, said, ‘Allah-azwj has not been worshipped with the likes of the intellect, and the intellect of a person is not complete until there happen to be ten characteristics in him – the good from him is hoped for, and the evil from him is secured; he considers a lot of good to be less and considers a little good from others as a lot. And he does not get annoyed with seeking the needs, nor does he get tired of seeking the knowledge the length of his life; the poverty is more beloved to him than the riches, and the humbleness is more beloved to him than the honour; his share from the world is the daily subsistence. The tenth, and what is the tenth? He does not see anyone except he says, ‘He is better than me and more pious. But rather the people are two (types of) men. A man who is better than him and more pious, and another who is eviler than him and lower. When he sees the one who is better than him and more pious, he humbles to him in order to join (catch up) with him, and then he meets the one who is eviler than him and lower, he said, ‘Perhaps he happens to be better than this esoterically, and his evil is only apparent, and perhaps it will end for him with good’. When he does that, his glory would be lofty, and he would be the fortunate of the people of his time’’. [132]