Hadith 19

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – From Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ibn Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al Haysam Bin Waqid Al Hareyri, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘One who is ascetic in the word, Allah-azwj will Affirm the wisdom in his heart and his tongue will speak with it, and he will have insight into faults of the world, its diseases and its cures, and he will come out from the world safely to the house of Pease’’. [21]
And he said in ‘Iddat Al Daie’ –
‘It is reported that the Prophet-saww asked Jibraeel-as about the interpretation of ascetism. Jibraeel-as said: ‘The ascetic loves the one who loves his Creator, and he hates the one who hates his Creator. And he shies away from Permissibles of the world, and he does not turn towards its Prohibition, for in its Permissibles there is Reckoning and in its Prohibition(s), there is Punishment. And he mercies entirety of the Muslims just as he is merciful to himself, and he shies away from talking regarding what does not concern him just as he shies away from the Prohibition, and he shies away from eating a lot just as he shies away from the dead whose stench has intensified, and he shies away from debris of the world and its adornment just as he stays away from the fire from overwhelming it, and he reduces his wishes and his death would be in front of his eyes’’. [22]