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The closing advice given to Abulhasan by ibn Bashish as he was
about to depart is worthy of note. Abulhasan asked, "O my master
advise me." He replied, "O Ali, Allah, Allah, and the people, the
people. Purify your tongue from their remembrance and your
heart from being directed towards them. Protect your limbs and
establish the obligations and thereby the friendship of Allah is
complete with you. Do not mention them except for the obligation
Allah has decreed for you thereby your rank of abstaining will be
completed, and supplicate, 'O Allah, relieve me from remembering
them and whatever comes to me from them, and save me from
their evil. Make me rich with Your good instead of theirs. Guide
me especially from their evil ones, for indeed You are capable
over all things.'"
Dear reader, from this statement and the others we have
mentioned it is clear why historians are unable to write more
about ibn Bashish. Most references overlook him so that his
The closing advice given to Abulhasan by ibn Bashish as he was
about to depart is worthy of note. Abulhasan asked, "O my master
advise me." He replied, "O Ali, Allah, Allah, and the people, the
people. Purify your tongue from their remembrance and your
heart from being directed towards them. Protect your limbs and
establish the obligations and thereby the friendship of Allah is
complete with you. Do not mention them except for the obligation
Allah has decreed for you thereby your rank of abstaining will be
completed, and supplicate, 'O Allah, relieve me from remembering
them and whatever comes to me from them, and save me from
their evil. Make me rich with Your good instead of theirs. Guide
me especially from their evil ones, for indeed You are capable
over all things.'"
Dear reader, from this statement and the others we have
mentioned it is clear why historians are unable to write more
about ibn Bashish. Most references overlook him so that his