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2- The Garden of Guidance
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3- Allah Almighty said:
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4- "O my dear son! Establish prayer, enjoin what is good, forbid what is evil, and be patient over whatever befalls you. Indeed, that is of the matters requiring firm resolve."
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5- And on the authority of 'Ata' Ibn Abi Rabah, who said:
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6- Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said to me:
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7- "Shall I not show you a woman from the people of Paradise?"
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8- I said, "Yes, indeed!"
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9- He said, "It is this black woman.
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10- She came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said,
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11- 'I suffer from epileptic seizures and become uncovered,
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12- so pray to Allah Almighty for me.'
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13- He said, 'If you wish, be patient and you will have Paradise;
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14- but if you wish, I will pray to Allah Almighty to cure you.'
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15- She said, 'I will be patient.'
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16- Then she said, 'Yet, I become uncovered,
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17- so pray to Allah that I do not become uncovered.'
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18- So he prayed for her."
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17- Agreed upon.
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A Point of Benefit:
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One of the gnostics had a piece of parchment that he would take out from time to time and look at,
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and written upon it was:
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“So wait patiently (O Muhammad) for thy Lord's decree, for surely thou art in Our sight; and hymn the praise of thy Lord when thou uprisest,” (52:48)
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And Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said regarding the words of Allah Almighty:
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﴾So patience is most fitting﴿,
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he said: "It means patience without any anguish or complaint."