Book Name:The Wise Words of Shaykh Abd al Qadir al Jilani
The man had not even finished speaking when another person arrived and gave the Shaykh a purse as a gift. Inside were thirty gold coins. The shaykh immediately handed this to the poor man and proclaimed, “Give these gold coins to the boatman, and tell him that from now he must never refuse to take a poor person across the river.”[1]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Third advice: consider life a treasure!
On Sunday morning, 10th Shawwāl 545 AH, Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه delivered a speech in his madrasah.
He began with this Hadith of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم :
مَنْ فُتِحَ لَہٗ بَابٌ مِّنْ خَیْرٍ فَلْیَنْتَہِزْہُ فَاِنَّہٗ لَا یَدْرِیْ مَتیٰ یُغْلَقُ عَلَیْہِ
Whoever has a door of goodness opened for him should hasten and rush to enter it, for he does not know when it may be closed upon him.[2]
After this, the Shaykh announced:
O man! Rush towards goodness while the door of life is still open. Think of every breath as a treasure, for soon this door will be shut. While you still have strength and ability, consider righteous deeds as blessings. Cling to the door of repentance for as long as it stays open. Hold to the door of supplication; value it and pray! Benefit from the door that leads to spending time with the pious!