Whom he was worshipping would provide sustenance to His bondmen. He was busy worshipping Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, so Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ [the One Who provides resources] created resources for his sustenance and the same happened. Everyday a person would come in the evening and would give him two loaves of bread with which he would break his Sawm and then would get ready to worship again.

Surely, placing such absolute trust in Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is the habit of His beloved bondmen. This parable not only gives us the Madani pearls of placing absolute trust in Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ but it also gives us the persuasion for contentment. Just ponder! When we observe the obligatory Siyam of Ramadan, we gather many types of nice and great blessings for eating at Iftar. If even one favourite item is not prepared, we become angry at our family members. On the other hand, that worshipper of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ would observe Sawm every day, and would depend on only two loaves of bread at Iftar. Instead of arranging nicer and better Iftar for his Nafl Siyam than the Iftar of our obligatory Siyam, he would be content with only two loaves of bread and would break his Sawm every day with only two loaves of bread and would consider them to be sufficient for himself.

We should also form the habit of being content. Today a large number of Muslims are found suffering from the shortage of sustenance and blessing in their wealth. Such people should make Du’a for the increase and blessing in their sustenance along with the wealth of contentment because contentment makes a person, who is blessed with it, carefree of the world and whatever it has. Contentment protects a person from asking or begging others and teaches him to place absolute trust in Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Contentment creates self-determination and sense of honour in a person, whereas obeying desires enslaves a person.

ضرورت سے زِیادہ مال و دولت کا نہیں طالب         رہے بس آپ کی نظرِ عنایت یا رسولَ الله!

رہیں سب شاد گھر والے شہا تھوڑی سی روزی پر       عطا ہو دولتِ صبر و قناعت یا رسولَ الله!

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد