shut their ears to it and muzzle the mouths of those who speak it. we have in the messenger of allah a good example in his words and actions. we say only what he said and we show only what he shows and we remain silent about what he was silent about. in actions we preserve the acts of worship and even the night prayers the voluntary prayers and the various types of struggles. we know that what the owner of the law does not dispense with we do not dispense with. we are not deceived by the words of fools. if our souls are purified by the knowledge of the inner self we will be independent of the outward actions. rather we mock this deceived speaker and say to him o poor one do you believe that your soul… listen and praise the soul of the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace and he used to stand up at night praying until his feet would swell or he believed that he was using it to impress aisha to make her think that the religion was true although he knew that it was false. if you believe the first then how foolish you are and we will not say anything more to you. if you believe the second then how ungrateful and ingratiating you are and we will not debate you about it. rather we say if we take the worst of circumstances and the evidence of our minds falls short for example of comprehending your misguidance and ignorance and of encompassing the truthfulness of the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace then we see that our minds dictate that losing in the company of muhammad may god bless him and grant him peace and agreeing with him and being content with what he was pleased with is better for himself than winning with you you ignorant disappointed one or even the fool.
أقفل اسماعهم عنها وألجم أفواه الناطقين عن اللهج بها ولنا في رسول الله أسوة حسنة في قوله وفعله فلا نقول الا ما قال ولا نظهر الا ما يظهر ونسكت عما سكت عنه وفي الافعال نحافظ على العبادات بل على التهجد والنوافل وأنواع المجاهدات ونعلم ان ما لم يستغن عنه صاحب الشرع فنحن لا نستغني عنه ولا ننخدع بقول الحمقى إن نفوسنا اذا صفت بعلم الباطن استغنينا عن الاعمال الظاهرة بل نستهزئ بهذا القائل المغرور ونقول له يا مسكين أتعتقد ان نفسك اصغي وأزكي من نفس رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وقد كان يقوم ليلا يصلى حتى تنتفخ قدماه او يعتقد انه كان يتنمس به على عائشة ليخيل إليها أن الدين حق وقد كان عالما ببطلانه فان اعتقدت الأول فما احمقك ولا نزيدك عليه وان اعتقدت الثاني فما أكفرك واجحدك ولسنا نناظرك عليه لكنا نقول إذا أخذنا بأسوأ الأحوال وقصرت أدلة عقولنا مثلا عن درك ضلالك وجهلك وعن الاحاطة بصدق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فإنا نرى بدائه عقولنا تقضي بأن الخسران في زمرة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وموافقته والقناعة بما رضي هو لنفسه اولى من الفوز معك أيها المخذول الجاهل بل المعتوه