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35 – Al-Ḥusayn narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Idris narrated to me; he said: Ahmad ibn Abi al-Hawari narrated to us, from Abu ʿAbd Allah al-Nibaji, who said: “If you wish to be among the abdāl (the spiritual substitutes), then love whatever Allah wills; and whoever loves what Allah wills, nothing of Allah’s decrees and judgments befalls him except that he loves it.”
٣٥ - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ قَالَ: حَدّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْحَوَارِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النِّبَاجِيِّ، قَالَ: «إِنْ أَحْبَبْتُمْ أَنْ تَكُونُوا أَبْدَالًا فَأَحِبُّوا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ بِهِ مِنْ مَقَادِيرِ اللَّهِ وَأَحْكَامِهِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَحَبَّهُ»