28 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; al-Qasim ibn Hashim ⦗45⦘ narrated; Adam ibn Abi Iyas narrated; Shihab ibn Khirash narrated; Abd Allah ibn Rashid, from Awn ibn Khalid, reported:

He said, “I found in one of the earlier scriptures that Adam, peace be upon him, prayed two cycles of prayer beside the Yemeni Corner, then said:

‘O Allah, I ask You for a faith that permeates my heart, and for genuine certainty so that I may know that nothing can befall me except what You have decreed for me. Make me content with whatever You apportion to me.’

Thereupon Allah revealed to him: ‘O Adam, it is incumbent upon Me that anyone from your descendants who holds fast to this supplication—I shall grant him what he loves, deliver him from what he dislikes, remove from before his eyes the longing for this world and the fear of poverty, and fill his inner being with wisdom.’”