The king who seeks company of the ascetics is superior to that ascetic who seeks nearness of the king. - Sufyan al-Thawri

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The king who seeks company of the ascetics is superior to that ascetic who seeks nearness of the king.

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Sufyan al-Thawri or Abu Abdullah Sufyan ibn Said ibn Masruq al-Thawri (716 –778) was a Tābi‘ al-Tābi‘īn Islamic scholar and jurist, founder of the Thawri madhhab. He was also a great hadith compiler (muhaddith).

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Someone asked: "What is meaning of certainty? " He replied, it is the name of inner voice, and the folk of certainty arrive at the gnosis. And the meaning of certainty is that every affliction be considered sent by Allah.
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