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\u2026and he places his hope in servants for small matters, so he gives the servant what he does not give to his Lord. So what is the matter with him, that he falls short with regard to Allah, Glorious is His praise, in comparison with what he does for His servants? Do you fear that you may be lying in your hope in Him, or that you do not see Him as worthy of hope?<\/strong><\/p>\n Likewise, if he fears one of Allah\u2019s servants, he gives that servant from his fear what he does not give to his Lord. Thus, his fear of servants is immediate and tangible, while his fear of his Creator is deferred and merely promised.\u00b9<\/strong><\/p>\n Likewise, whoever considers this world great in his eyes, and whose place in his heart becomes magnified, will prefer it over Allah, become attached to it, and become its servant.<\/strong><\/p>\n Indeed, in the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) there is sufficient example for you, and proof of the blameworthiness of this world, its defects, the abundance of its disgraces and evils. For its comforts were withheld from him, while its luxuries were spread for others; he was weaned away from its milk and kept far from its adornments.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you wish, I can follow this with Moses, the one spoken to by Allah, when he said:<\/strong><\/p>\n > **\u201cMy Lord, indeed I am in need of whatever good You send down to me.\u201d**<\/strong><\/p>\n By Allah, he asked Him for nothing but bread to eat, for he used to eat the herbs of the earth; and indeed, the greenness of such herbs could be seen through the thinness of the skin of his belly, because of his emaciation and the scantness of his flesh.\u00b2<\/strong><\/p>\n And if you wish, I can thirdly mention David, the \u0635\u0627\u062d\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0632\u0627\u0645\u064a\u0631 (*master of the psalms*) and the reciter of the people of Paradise. He used to make baskets from palm fibers with his own hand and would say to his companions: \u201cWhich of you will suffice me by selling them?\u201d Then he would eat barley bread from their price.<\/strong><\/p>\n And if you wish, I can speak of Jesus, son of Mary: he used to rest his head upon a stone, wear coarse clothing, his relish was hunger, his lamp at night was the moon, his shelter in winter was the eastern and western horizons of the earth, and his fruit and fragrance were what the earth produced for grazing animals. He had no wife to tempt him, no child to grieve him, no wealth to distract him, and no greed to abase him. His mount was his own feet, and his servant was his own hands.<\/strong><\/p>\n So follow your Prophet, the purest and most excellent (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), for in him is an example for whoever seeks to follow, and a consolation for whoever seeks comfort. The most beloved of servants to Allah is the one who follows His Prophet and traces his footsteps.<\/strong><\/p>\n He partook of this world only sparingly and did not cast upon it even a glance. Among the people of the world, he was the least filled in the belly and the most hollow of stomach.\u00b3 The world was offered to him, but he refused to accept it. 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\n2. **\u1e62if\u0101q**: the thin skin of the belly; **tashadhdhub**: the wasting away or scattering of flesh. <\/strong>
\n3. **Qa\u1e0dm** literally means biting with the tips of the teeth; here it means taking only a very small share of worldly things, out of asceticism. **Hadhm** means a sunken or empty belly. **Ka\u1e25sh** refers to the side area between the navel and the middle of the back.<\/strong><\/p>\n