3. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Hussain Sa’d-Abadi, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from his father, from Ahmad bin Nadhr, from Ali bin ‘Awf al-Azdi, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said:

Openhandedness is that a servant’s soul elevates above seeking the forbidden, and if he achieves the permissible, his soul appeals to spend it in (what brings about) the obedience to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He).