And what generally happens with the sincere among them is that they have not understood what the revealed law requires them to will in that particular matter. Having no will driven by personal desire, they relinquish any will for something other than what has been decreed.

The Shaykh said:

“The sign of your detachment from Allah’s creation is that you sever your dependence upon them, cease frequenting them, and abandon hope of obtaining what they possess.”

It is as he said. When the heart neither places its hopes in them nor fears them, a person will not frequent them to seek anything from them. This resembles going to them as one is commanded, to enjoin upon them what Allah has commanded and forbid them what Allah has forbidden—as the messengers and their followers go to those to whom they convey Allah’s messages. Reliance upon Allah is sound only when accompanied by fulfilling what the servant has been commanded to do, so that he both worships Allah and relies upon Him. Otherwise, if someone relies upon Him but does not do what He has commanded, the command he has neglected may be more important for him than the reliance he has practiced, or equally important, or less important. Likewise, someone who carries out a command but neither relies upon Him nor seeks His help has not fulfilled his obligation. Indeed, the reliance and seeking of help that he has neglected may be more important for him than the command he has carried out, or equally important, or less important.

The Shaykh said:

“The sign of your detachment from yourself and your desires is that you give up striving for gain and depending upon means to secure benefit and ward off harm. You make no movement within yourself by your own power, nor rely upon yourself for your own sake. You neither come to your own aid nor defend yourself, but entrust all of that