Some of the righteous people are human beings, so he said, “Question the wisest people, and let the first thing you ask about be the mind, because all things cannot be comprehended except with the mind, and whenever you want to serve God, think about whom you serve, then serve.” Ibrahim al-Ikhmaimi asked Dhul-Nun to give him a commandment that he should keep from it. He said, “And do it.” Ibrahim said, I said yes, God willing, and he said, O Ibrahim, memorize five things for me. If you memorize them, you do not care what happens to you after them. I said, “And they are not, may God have mercy on you.” He said, “Embrace poverty, master patience, return to desires, disobey desires, and fear God in all your affairs. Then He will give you gratitude, contentment, fear, hope, and patience.” These five will bequeath to you knowledge, work, performing religious duties, avoiding forbidden things, and fulfilling covenants. You will not attain these five except with five abundant knowle