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85 – Muḥammad ibn Abī Rajāʾ, a client of the Banū Hāshim, related: “A severe anxiety once overtook me because of a matter I was involved in. I lifted the seat on which I had been sitting and found beneath it a small slip of paper. When I looked at it, I saw written there: ⦗79⦘
(Baḥr al-Basīṭ)
O bearer of care, your care will surely fade away;
Despair not—as though Allah has already sent relief.
He said: My grief immediately left me, and before long Allah did indeed bring relief.”
٨٥ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، قَالَ: أَصَابَنِي غَمٌّ شَدِيدٌ لِأَمْرٍ كُنْتُ فِيهِ، فَرَفَعْتُ مَقْعَدًا كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عَلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا رُقْعَةٌ مَكْتُوبَةٌ، فَنَظَرْتُ فِيهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا مَكْتُوبٌ: ⦗٧٩⦘
[البحر البسيط]
يَا صَاحِبَ الْهَمِّ إِنَّ الْهَمَّ مُنْقَطِعُ ... لَا تَيْأَسَنَّ كَأَنْ قَدْ فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ
قَالَ: فَذَهَبَ عَنِّي مَا كُنْتُ أَجِدُ مِنَ الْغَمِّ، وَلَمْ أَلْبَثْ أَنْ فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ