Asceticism concerns the soul for the next world. True asceticism means the thrusting out from the heart of all worldly thoughts reckoning them as van… - Abu Talib al-Makki

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Asceticism concerns the soul for the next world. True asceticism means the thrusting out from the heart of all worldly thoughts reckoning them as vanity. It leads ultimately to friendship with God.

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About Abu Talib al-Makki

Abu Talib al-Makki, Muhammad ibn 'Ali (d. 996 CE) was a hadith scholar, Shafi'i jurist, and Sufi mystic.

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Alternative Names: Muḥammad Ibn-Alī Abū-Ṭālib al-Makkī
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Patience has three stages; first, it means that the servant ceases to complain and this is the stage of repentances; second, he becomes satisfied with what is decreed, and this is the rank of the ascetic; third, he comes to love whatever his Lord does with him and this is the stage of the true friends of God.

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