7.8. ABU SULAYMAN ON CONTENTMENT
The books that compile the sound narrations about these Shaykhs and their statements do not report this statement from Shaykh Abu Sulayman. These books include Abu Nu( amy’s Hilyah al-Awliya, Abu ‘Abdu’l-Rahman’s Tabaqat al-Sufiyyah and Ibn al-Jawzi’s Safwat al-Safwahand other similar works.Just Look at the statement he narrates from him with a connected chain, saying: ‘He told Ahmad Ibn Abi al-Hawari: ‘O Ahmad! I have been given such contentment that were He to throw me in Hell I would be content with that.’ This statement has been narrated from Abu Sulayman with a connected chain, which is why al-Qushayrl connected it to him through his Shaykh Abu ‘Abdu’l-Rahman. As for the statement at hand, it is not like this, for its chain is not connected to him. Therefore, there is no proof that Shaykh Abu Sulayman actually uttered these words.
It is worth noting that Al-Qushayrl joined this second statement of Abu Sulayman with something even better; before narrating it he said: ‘Abu ‘Uthman al-Hirl al-Naysaburl was asked about the Prophets words: ‘I ask you for contentment after the decree. He then replied: ‘This is because contentment after the decree is true contentment.’
These words of Shaykh Abu ‘Uthman are very good and accurate. After this, he relates from Shaykh Abu Sulayman with a connected chain: “I like to think that I have learned something about contentment; were He to throw me in Hell, I would be content with that.”
By Shaykhu’l-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
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