The true believer in God has neither expectation nor greed from any creature. He does not fear any creature either. If he is fearful of his sins, it is due to his fear from God. His expectation of grace and forgiveness is from God alone. God alone is the centre of fear and hope for him. (If he runs away from any beast, enemy or harmful thing, it is because Almighty God has commanded him to keep away from these and not due to fear of these. Similarly, if he has any expectation from any person, it is because God has commanded that we should support one another. In fact this expectation as well is from God alone that He may get the job done with support from another person.) The holy Quran says: "Those to whom the people said: verily the people have mustered (strong) against you, therefore, fear them,' it only increased their faith; and they said: Allah is sufficient for us! And most excellent is He who protects us.' They returned, therefore, with grace and favour from Allah and no harm touched them, and they followed the pleasure of Allah, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace. (Aal Imran 3, 173-174).
Certainty is the basis for importance of deed.
A tradition of Imam J'afer Sadiq (a.s) is: "Continuous, though small, deed with certainty is better in the eyes of God than a big job without certain faith. (Usool-e-Kafi, Chapter - on the Importance of Certainty, tradition No.3).
The leader of the faithful, Imam Ali (a.s), has said:
"No bondsman gets the taste of faith until and unless he has knowledge and belief that whatever he has got, was not to be left out and whatever he did not get, was not for him; and it is the most respected, Almighty God alone who harms or grants grace (and tests and tries).
It is obvious that when man belongs to God, then all his qualities are also bestowed by God alone.
To sleep while being sure is better.
In Nahjul Balaghah it is mentioned that the leader of the faithful Imarn Ali (a.s) heard about a person from the tribe of Herviyah (the Kharijites from Nahrwan), that he used to perform early morning prayers and read the holy Quran. The Imam (a.s) said: "To sleep while being sure in faith is better than to keep saying prayers while in doubt.
The importance and excellence of surety in faith is so much that the religious sages and even of God used to pray Almighty Allah to their certainty of faith. Faith, knowledge and certainty are the names of the same thing and there are many verses of the holy Quran and traditions in describing their importance and excellence.
How to get peace of mind (Vol.2), by Ayatullah Shaheed Daste Ghaib.
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