bitter cold, waiting for the next prayer after finishing one, and walking to the Friday prayers.’ He said, ‘You have spoken the truth. Ask, O Muhammad.’ I said, ‘O Allah, I ask You to enable me to do good deeds, shun evil deeds, and love the poor, and to forgive me and have mercy on me. If You intend a trial among Your servants, take me to You without my being put to trial. O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the love of deeds that bring me nearer to Your love.’”

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, “Learn these supplications and study them, for they are true.”

He then mentioned the hadith of Mu‘āwiya ibn Abī Sālih, from Abū Yahyā, from Abū Yazīd, from Abū Sallām al-Aswad, from Thawbān, who said: “The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) came out to us after the dawn prayer and said, ‘My Lord came to me last night in the most beautiful form.’” And he related the hadith.

Abū al-Qāsim said, “I think that the one