Supplement
from
The Gift to the Godfearing Masters: A Commentary on The Revival of the Religious Sciences
by al-Sayyid Muhammad Murtadā al-Zabīdī
75 – Abū Imrān al-Jawnī said, “We were told that every evening after the afternoon prayer, the angels line up with their records in the lowest heaven. An angel is then commanded, ‘Record such-and-such for so-and-so, son of so-and-so.’ He says, ‘My Lord, he did not do it.’ Allah says, ‘He intended to do it; he intended to do it.’”
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76 – Ismāīl ibn Abī Khālid said, “A famine afflicted the Children of Israel. A man passed by a stretch of sand and said, ‘I wish this sand were flour in my possession, so that I could feed the Children of Israel.’ Allah rewarded him for his intention.”
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77 – Through a weak chain of transmission, Umar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say, ‘Those who fight one another will be resurrected according to their intentions.’”
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