Adequacy

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from more than one person from ‘Asim from ibn Hamid from abu ‘Ubaydah al-Hadhdha’ who has said the following: “I heard abu Ja’far (a.s.) say, ‘The Messenger of Allah has said, “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, says, ‘The most envied person among My servants is a man whose needs are light, has a good share in prayer, who performs the worship of his Lord unseen, is obscure among the people, whose expenses are within the limits of bare necessities with which he exercises patience, whose death is quick (like a dead person free from worldly desires) and whose heirs and mourners are very few.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

64. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Ma’rouf Bin Kharbouz, who said: Abu Ja’far (asws) said that ‘Allah (azwj) has winds of Mercy as well as winds of Punishment. So if Allah (azwj) Desires that He (azwj) Turns the winds of Punishment into the winds of Mercy, He (azwj) Does it, but He (azwj) never Makes (winds of ) Mercy to be turned into the wind of Punishment’. He (asws) said: ‘And it is never the case that He (azwj) is Merciful to all people who obey Him (azwj) and that their obedience should become an affliction for them, except after theirs having turned from their obedience. He (asws) said: ‘That is how He (azwj) Acted with the people of Yunus (as). When they believed, Allah (azwj) Bestowed mercy upon them after having had Ordained for them the Punishment. He (azwj) had Decided, then Enclosed them with His (azwj) Mercy. So He (azwj) Made the Punishment that was pre-destined for them as a Mercy. He (azwj) Turned it away from them and it had already descended upon them and overwhelmed them, but they pleaded before Him (azwj)’. He (asws) said: ‘And as for the wind of the destruction (Al-Aqeem), so it is a wind of Punishment. Neither, does it inseminate anything from the wombs or anything from the seeds, and it is a wind which comes out from the underneath the seven earths, and not a (single) wind came out from it at all except upon the people of Aad when Allah (azwj) was Wrathful against them. So He (azwj) Commanded the Keepers to take from it a measure of the size of a ring’. He (asws) said: ‘It rebelled against the Keepers, so there came out from it a measure of the nostril of a bull being wrathful against the people of Aad’. He (asws) said: ‘So the Keepers grumbled to Allah (azwj) from that. They said, ‘Our Lord (azwj)! It has rebelled against our orders. We are afraid that it would destroy the ones who have not been disobedient to You (azwj) from Your (azwj) creatures who built Your (azwj) City’. He (asws) said: ‘So Allah (azwj) Sent Jibraeel towards it who faced it with both his wings and returned it back to its place and said to it: ‘Come out of the ones whom you have not been Commanded for’. He (asws) said: ‘So it came out from the ones against whom it had not been Commanded for, and destroyed the people of Aad and those who were present with them (their supporters)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Tuba (a tree in paradise) is for those who have become Muslims and whose expenses are within the limits of bare necessities.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

4. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Ya’qub ibn Yazid from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Nawfali in a marfu’ manner from Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah once passed by a shepherd of camels and asked him for a drink and he said, ‘The milk in their udder is for the morning drink of the people of the village and the milk in the containers is for their evening drink.’ The Messenger of Allah then prayed, ‘O Lord, give him many children and much wealth.’ The Messenger of Allah then passed by a shepherd of sheep and sent his people to ask him for a drink. He milked them and poured it from his milk container altogether in the container for the Messenger of Allah. Along with all the milk he also sent a sheep for him, saying, ‘This is what we have and we can bring you more if you like.’ The Imam said, ‘The Messenger of Allah prayed for him, “O Lord, give him sustenance adequate only for his bare necessities.” A certain man of his companion then asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, how is it that you prayed for the shepherd who refused to give you any milk in such a way that we all love. However, for the one who readily provided what you asked, you prayed for him with a prayer that we all dislike?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘The little thing that is adequate is better than a great deal that diverts one’s mind (from Allah). O Lord, grant to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad only that much which is adequate for them.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

5. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from abu al-Bakhtari from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, ‘I find My believing servant depressed if I provide his sustenance in stringent measures; a condition that is closer to Me but 1 find My believing servant happier when I provide his sustenance plentifully; however, such condition is further away from Me.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

6. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn Ishaq from Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Azdi from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, ‘The most enviable among My friends is a believer who has his share of salvation, performs the worship of his Lord well, worships Allah privately, is obscure among people and no finger rises to point him out. His sustenance is only adequate for his basic needs and he bears it patiently. I cause him to die faster, thus his legacy is little and his mourners are very few.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Al-Nawfali has narrated from al-Sakuni from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘O Allah, grant Muhammad, the family of Muhammad and those who love Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, chastity in their personality, and sustenance enough for their exact necessities. Give those who hate Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, property and children.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.