young man replied: I pay my attention to the mercy of my Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ. I do not ask any one for anything except Him. When my Lord bestows sustenance upon me I accept it. For example, if the small bag of coins is from my enemy, Satan so how is it harmful for me, but rather it is beneficial for me as my enemy has been made my subordinate. If it is really the same, then I pray to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ to continue to make him my servant. What can be better than this that the biggest enemy of mine serves me as my servant and I do not pay my attention to him, but rather believe that my Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ is bestowing sustenance upon me through my enemy. And definitely the same Creator of the universe Who bestows sustenance upon all the worlds is my Lord.

Having heard the man who completely trusted in Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ people went quiet and understood that he was definitely bestowed sustenance from Ghayb. (‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat, vol. 2, pp. 105)

Similarly, listen to one more beautiful parable about placing absolute trust in Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

2. Unique princess

When the princess of Sayyiduna Shaykh Shah Kirmaani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه reached the age of marriage, the king sent a marriage proposal for her to be wedded in the royal family. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه asked him to wait for three days and started searching for a pious man by visiting different Masajid. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه came across a young man who offered Salah nicely (and supplicated with extreme humility). Shaykh asked him, ‘Are you married?’ He replied in negative. The Shaykh asked again, ‘Do you want to get married? The girl recites Holy Quran, punctually offers Salah and keeps Siyam. She is beautiful and possesses a great character.’ He said, ‘Who will marry his daughter to me?’ Shaykh replied, ‘I will’. Here, take few dirhams. Buy Roti from one dirham, curry from another and perfume from the other dirham. This is how Shah Kirmaani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه married his pious daughter with that man.

When bride came to the house of the groom, she saw a piece of bread on the water vessel. The bride asked, ‘What is this bread for?’ Groom replied, ‘This is stale bread from yesterday which I had kept for Iftar.’ Upon hearing this, she