[Machine] I never lift a foot or put it down without thinking that I have died. He asked, "How could you maintain such devotion to Allah?" He replied, "I never saw anyone who heard about Paradise and Hell and did not dedicate a moment to praying in them." The man said, "I stand in prayer and cry until the blisters grow from the tears of my eyes or they almost grow." The monk said to him, "If you were to laugh while acknowledging your mistake to Allah, it would be better for you than crying while being proud of your actions. For the prayer of the proud does not rise above him." He said, "Give me advice." He said, "I advise you to be detached from the world and not to argue with its people. And be like the bee, for if it consumes, it consumes what is good. And if it settles, it settles on what is good. And if it falls on a branch, it does not harm or break it. I advise you to sincerely advise Allah, like the dog who is hungry and is driven away, but still refuses to abandon his owners and continues to protect them and advise them."  

مَا أَرْفَعُ قَدَمًا وَلَا أَضَعُ قَدَمًا إِلَّا رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ مِتُّ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ دَأْبُ نَشَاطِكَ فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ ﷻ؟ قَالَ مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ أَحَدًا سَمِعَ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ سَاعَةٌ لَا يُصَلِّي فِيهَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنِّي لَأَقُومُ فِي صَلَاتِي فَأَبْكِي حَتَّى يَنْبُتَ الْبَقْلُ مِنْ دُمُوعِ عَيْنِي أَوْ كَادَ يَنْبُتُ الْبَقْلُ مِنْ دُمُوعِ عَيْنِي قَالَ لَهُ الرَّاهِبُ إِنَّكَ إِنْ تَضْحَكْ وَأَنْتَ مُعْتَرِفٌ لِلَّهِ ﷻ بِخَطَئِكَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ تَبْكِي وَأَنْتَ مُدِلٌّ بِعَمَلِكَ؛ فَإِنَّ صَلَاةَ الْمُدِلِّ لَا تَصْعَدُ فَوْقَهُ قَالَ أَوْصِنِي قَالَ أُوصِيكَ بِالزُّهْدِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأَنْ لَا تُنَازِعَهَا أَهْلَهَا وَأَنْ تَكُونَ كَالنَّحْلَةِ؛ إِنْ أَكَلَتْ أَكَلَتْ طَيِّبًا وَإِنْ وَضَعَتْ وَضَعَتْ طَيِّبًا وَإِنْ وَقَعَتْ عَلَى عُودٍ لَمْ تَضُرَّهُ وَلَمْ تَكْسِرْهُ أُوصِيكَ بِالنُّصْحِ لِلَّهِ ﷻ؛ نُصْحَ الْكَلْبِ لِأَهْلِهِ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُجِيعُونَهُ وَيَطْرُدُونَهُ وَيَأْبَى إِلَّا أَنْ يَحْفَظَهُمْ وَيَنْصَحَهُمْ