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is a vice.” It was stated in another hadîth-i-sherîf, “Things thatare halâl and those which are harâm have been declaredopenly. Beware from doubtful things! Follow those whichhave been declared openly!” It was declared in anotherhadîth-i-sherîf, “Allâhu ta’âlâ declared the halâls and theharâms openly. He will forgive concerning those which Hedid not declare (openly).” When you meet with somethingdoubtful, put your hand on your chest [heart]! Do it if your heartdoes not palpitate. It was stated in a hadîth-i-sherîf, “Put yourhand on your heart! The heart will be calm [feel easy] as youdo something halâl.”Deem all your prayers and acts of worship as deficientlyperformed! Be anxious to perform them in due manner! AbûMuhammad bin Manâzil stated, “Allâhu ta’âlâ praises in theseventeenth âyat of Âl-i-’Imrân sûra those who are patient,those who are faithful (sâdiq), those who perform namâz, thosewho pay zakât and those who say istighfâr at the time of seher(early morning). His mentioning the saying of istighfâr lastimplies that a person should consider all his acts of worship asfaulty and should always say the istighfâr.” Ja’fer bin Sinân‘quddisa sirruh’ stated, “Worshippers’ complacency is worseand more harmful than sinners’ offense.” Imâm-i-Murtaish usedto perform i’tikâf in a mosque after the twentieth of the blessedmonth of Ramadân. People saw him outside and asked himwhy he had left the mosque. He said, “I saw the hafizes’selfsatisfied demeanours and ran away from them.”It is permissible to work for your and your family’s living. Ahadîth-i-sherîf praises people who work so. The Salaf as-sâlihînfound a way of living for themselves. It is good as well to havetawakkul and not to work. Yet this entails the condition that youshould not expect anything from anybody. Muhammad binSâlim Hamâda was a qâdî in the Shâfi’î Madhhab. He passedaway in 697 H. When some people asked him whether theyshould work and earn or sit and have tawakkul, he stated,“Tawakkul is a state of the Messenger of Allah. Kasb, on theother hand, is his sunnat. It is sunnat for a person who cannothave tawakkul to work and earn. If a person manages to havetawakkul it is mubâh for him to work only for the cause of Islamand serve Muslims. A better way in any case is to combine kasb[working] and tawakkul (putting one’s trust in Allâhu ta’âlâ).”You should not eat too much or too little. You should be- 320 -