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[Machine] The disciples said, "O Jesus, who are the allies of Allah?". Jesus replied, "Those who are not afraid or saddened." Those who looked beyond the outward appearances of the world while others focused on them, and those who considered the future of the world while others only looked to the present. They accepted death from the world in order to avoid death from it, and they left behind what they knew would abandon them. As a result, they gained independence from the world and forgot about it. Their joy at what they had gained from the world turned into sorrow. They rejected the worldly gains that were offered to them, and they refused any elevation or position that was not obtained through righteousness. They considered the world to be insignificant, so they did not try to renew it. It fell apart among them, and they did not try to rebuild it. It died in their hearts, and they did not revive it. They destroyed it, and they built their eternal life with it. They sold it, and they bought whatever remained for them. They rejected it, and they were happy with that rejection. They looked at its people with pity, as the similitudes had been exhausted among them. They revived the remembrance of death, while forgetting the remembrance of life. They loved Allah, and they loved to remember Him. They shone with His light, and they illuminated with it. They had strange news, and they possessed marvelous knowledge. They were mentioned in the astonishing news, and they were the ones who established it. The book stood with them, and they stood with it. The book spoke through them, and they spoke through it. They were taught by the book, and they learned from it. They did not see any worldly gains along with what they gained, nor did they have any security apart from what they hoped for. They had no fear except for what they were wary of.  

الزهد لأحمد:٣٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أبِي أَخْبَرَنَا عَوْفُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ دَاوُدَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ وَهْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ

الْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَا عِيسَى مَنْ أَوْلِيَاءُ اللَّهِ ﷻ الَّذِينَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ؟ قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ الَّذِينَ نَظَرُوا إِلَى بَاطِنِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ نَظَرَ النَّاسُ إِلَى ظَاهِرِهَا وَالَّذِينَ نَظَرُوا إِلَى آجِلِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ نَظَرَ النَّاسُ إِلَى عَاجِلِهَا فَأَمَاتُوا مِنْهَا مَا يَخْشَوْنَ أَنْ يُمِيتَهُمْ وَتَرَكُوا مَا عَلِمُوا أَنْ سَيَتْرُكَهُمْ؛ فَصَارَ اسْتِكْثَارُهُمْ مِنْهَا اسْتِقْلَالًا وَذِكْرُهُمْ إِيَّاهَا فَوَاتًا وَفَرَحُهُمْ بِمَا أَصَابُوا مِنْهَا حَزَنًا؛ فَمَا عَارَضَهُمْ مِنْ نَائِلِهَا رَفَضُوهُ وَمَا عَارَضَهُمْ مِنْ رِفْعَتِهَا بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ وَضَعُوهُ وَخَلِقَتِ الدُّنْيَا عِنْدَهُمْ فَلَيْسُوا يُجَدِّدُونَهَا وَخَرِبَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَيْسُوا يَعْمُرُونَهَا وَمَاتَتْ فِي صُدُورِهِمْ فَلَيْسُوا يُحْيُونَهَا يَهْدِمُونَهَا فَيَبْنُونَ بِهَا آخِرَتَهُمْ وَيَبِيعُونَهَا فَيَشْتَرُونَ بِهَا مَا يَبْقَى لَهُمْ وَرَفَضُوهَا فَكَانُوا فِيهَا هُمُ الْفَرِحِينَ وَنَظَرُوا إِلَى أَهْلِهَا صَرْعَى قَدْ خَلَتْ فِيهِمُ الْمَثُلَاتُ وَأَحْيَوْا ذِكْرَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَمَاتُوا ذِكْرَ الْحَيَاةِ يُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ وَيُحِبُّونَ ذِكْرَهُ وَيَسْتَضِيئُونَ بْنُورِهِ وَيُضِيئُونَ بِهِ لَهُمْ خَبَرٌ عَجِيبٌ وَعِنْدَهُمُ الْخَبَرُ الْعَجِيبُ بِهِمْ قَامَ الْكِتَابُ وَبِهِ قَامُوا وَبِهِمْ نَطَقَ الْكِتَابُ وَبِهِ نَطَقُوا وَبِهِمْ عُلِّمَ الْكِتَابُ وَبِهِ عَلِمُوا وَلَيْسُوا يَرَوْنَ نَائِلًا مَعَ مَا نَالُوا وَلَا أَمَانًا دُونَ مَا يَرْجُونَ وَلَا خَوْفًا دُونَ مَا يَحْذَرُونَ