[about anything], and provides for him through sources he cannot even imagine.”^[1]

سُبْحٰنَ اللہ O devotees of Allah’s Messenger! Let us be strong and fight the negligence of the nafs and the whispers of Satan, for they are our enemies. Let us keep our attention upon this blessed hadith of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and dedicate ourselves to learning Islamic knowledge. You may have to face difficulties and worries, and you may have to make sacrifices. Do not be disheartened by this at all.  ان شآء اللہ You will be granted salvation from these worries and concerns by Allah, and He will grant you sustenance from places you cannot even imagine.

When a ruler apologised to students

The jurist Abu al-Ḥasan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه explains, “We used to spend time with the famous hadith expert, Ḥasan bin Sufyān رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه. He once said:

I developed a passion to seek knowledge at a young age, so a group of friends and I set off for Egypt to acquire it. After searching extensively for a teacher, we finally found a renowned hadith expert of that time. He made us write hadith every day.

All of us lived in a masjid. We were away from home and poor. Nobody was aware of our struggles, nor did we ever tell anyone of our condition. A day arrived when we eventually ran out of money, leaving us starving due to lack of food. We remained hungry for three days and three nights. The hunger made us weak and even walking became difficult for us.

The fourth day of hunger arrived, and we were at breaking point. I went to a corner of the masjid and started offering salah. After salah, I raised my hands and began making duꜤā. Before I finished, a young man entered the masjid and asked, ‘Who is