Hadith 373

ew of his death’’. [99]
And from Abu Hashim who said, ‘One of his-asws friends wrote to him-asws asking him-asws to teach him a supplication. He-asws wrote to him: ‘Supplicate with this supplication: ‘O most Hearing of the listeners, and O most Insightful of the insightful ones! O Honour of the beholders, and O Quickest of the reckoners, and O most Merciful of the merciful ones, and O most Judicial of the judges! Send Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww and Expand for me in my sustenance, and Extend for me in my age, and Confer upon me with Your-azwj Mercy, and Make me to be from the ones You-azwj are Helping Your-azwj religion with, and do not replace me with someone else! ’
Abu Hashim said, ‘I said within myself, ‘O Allah-azwj! Make me to be in Your-azwj party and in Your-azwj group! ’ Abu Muhammad-asws turned to me and said: ‘You-asws are already in His-azwj party and in His-azwj group, when you were a believer in Allah-azwj and a ratifier of His-azwj Rasool-saww, and a recognise of His-azwj Guardians-asws, and a follower of theirs-asws. So receive glad tidings! Then receive glad tidings! ’’ [100]
And from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Maymoun who said, ‘I wrote to him-asws complaining of the poverty, then I said to myself, ‘Hasn’t Abu Abdullah-asws said that the poverty with us-asws is better than the richness is with others, and the killing with us-asws is better than the life is with our-asws enemies’? ’
The answer returned: ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Specialised our-asws friends when He-azwj Destroys their sins with the poverty, and He-azwj has Pardoned most of them, just as you have discussed with yourself, the poverty with us-asws is better than being rich with our-asws enemies, and we-asws are a cave for the one who shelters to us-asws, and a Noor for the one who sees (is insightful) through us-asws, and a protection for the ones who protects with us-asws. One who loves us-asws would be with us with the lofty peaks, and the one who turns away from us-asws, he would be to the Fire’’. [101]