The world was offered to him but he refused to accept it. When he knew that Allah, the Glorified,
hated a thing, he too hated it; that Allah held a thing low, he too held it low; that Allah held a
thing small, he too held it small. If we love what Allah and His Prophet hate and hold great
what Allah and His prophet hold small that would be enough isolation from Allah and
transgression of His commands.
The Prophet used to eat on the ground, and sat like a slave. He repaired his shoe with his
hand, and patched his clothes with his hand. He would ride an unsaddled ass and would seat
someone behind him. If there was a curtain on his door with pictures on it he would say to
one of his wives. "O' such-and-such, take it away out of my sight because if I look at it I recall
the world and its allurements." Thus, he removed his heart from this world and destroyed its
remembrance from his mind.
