Al-Sabr wa al-Thawab 'Alayh li-Ibn Abi d-Dunya — "Whoever rides patience becomes strong in worship, whoever resolves upon despair becomes independent of people, and whoever is concerned with his soul will not be assigned authority"

Al-Sabr wa al-Thawab 'Alayh li-Ibn Abi d-Dunya

Volume 1 · Page 152"Whoever rides patience becomes strong in worship, whoever resolves upon despair becomes independent of people, and whoever is concerned with his soul will not be assigned authority"

Translation · EN

AI translation

148 - ʿAlī ibn Abī Maryam narrated to me, from Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn: Ibrāhīm ibn Salama al-Shuʿaythī narrated to me, saying: I heard Ibn al-Sammāk saying: "Whoever mounts patience becomes strong in worship; whoever firmly embraces despair [of people] becomes independent of people; whoever is concerned for his own soul will not entrust its soil to another; whoever loves good is granted success in it; whoever hates evil is spared from it; whoever is content with worldly life as a portion instead of the Hereafter has missed his soul's true portion; whoever desires the greater portion from the Hereafter strives for it as it should be striven for and exerts himself for it, and the world and everything in it becomes insignificant to him. Patience in abstaining from worldly life is the head of Asceticism (Zuhd) regarding it, patience in refraining from acts of disobedience is hatred for them, and patience in obedience to Allah is the branch of goodness and its completeness."

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Arabic (Source)

١٤٨ - حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ الشُّعَيْثِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ السَّمَّاكِ، يَقُولُ: «مَنِ امْتَطَى الصَّبْرَ قَوِيَ عَلَى الْعِبَادَةِ، وَمَنْ أَجْمَعَ الْيَأْسَ اسْتَغْنَى عَنِ النَّاسِ، وَمَنْ أَهَمَّتْهُ نَفْسُهُ لَمْ يُوَلَّ تُرْبَتَهَا غَيْرُهُ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ الْخَيْرَ وُفِّقَ لَهُ، وَمَنْ كَرِهَ الشَّرَّ جُنِّبَهُ، وَمَنْ رَضِيَ بِالدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ حَظًّا فَقَدْ أَخْطَأَ حَظَّ نَفْسِهِ، وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الْحَظَّ الْأَكْبَرَ مِنَ الْآخِرَةِ سَعَى لَهَا سَعْيَهَا ⦗١٠٦⦘ وَأَعْمَلَ نَفْسَهُ لَهَا، وَهَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا وَجَمِيعُ مَا فِيهَا، وَالصَّبْرُ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا رَأْسُ الزُّهْدِ فِيهَا، وَالصَّبْرُ عَنِ الْمَعَاصِي هُوَ الْكُرْهُ لَهَا، وَالصَّبْرُ عَلَى طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ فَرْعُ الْخَيْرِ وَتَمَامُهُ»