Excerpt from Kashf-ul-Mahjoob
Hatim al-Asamm said:
"I have chosen four things to know, and discarded all the knowledge in the world besides." He was asked: "What are they?"
"One," he answered, is this; I know that my daily bread is apportioned to me, and will neither be increased nor diminished; consequently I have ceased to seek to augment it.
Secondly, I know that I owe to God a debt which no other person can pay instead of me; therefore I am occupied with paying it.
Thirdly, I know that there is one pursuing me (i.e. Death) from whom I cannot escape; accordingly I have prepared myself to meet him.
Fourthly, I know that God is observing me; therefore I am ashamed to do what I ought not."
[Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajvery]
Hatim al-Asamm said:
"I have chosen four things to know, and discarded all the knowledge in the world besides." He was asked: "What are they?"
"One," he answered, is this; I know that my daily bread is apportioned to me, and will neither be increased nor diminished; consequently I have ceased to seek to augment it.
Secondly, I know that I owe to God a debt which no other person can pay instead of me; therefore I am occupied with paying it.
Thirdly, I know that there is one pursuing me (i.e. Death) from whom I cannot escape; accordingly I have prepared myself to meet him.
Fourthly, I know that God is observing me; therefore I am ashamed to do what I ought not."
[Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajvery]
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