Manshur bin 'Ammar said," I once had a friend who liked to be extravagant. But then he repented. I saw him doing a lot of worship and praying tahajjud.

One day I realized that I didn't see him for a long time. People said that he was sick. So I went to his house and met his daughter. She asked me, "Who do you want to meet?" I answered," Fulan (I mentioned my friend's name). " Then, she let me into the house. I rushed to meet my friend, and I saw him lying on the bed placed in the middle of the house. His face was blackish in color. His eyes were closed and his lips were swollen and thickened. I said to him with fear and worry, "O my brother, please say 'La illah Illa Allah' more." He opened his eyes, looked at me with anger, then fainted. I repeated my words to him for the second time," O brother, please say more 'La illah Illa Allah, there is no god but Allah." When I repeat my words for the third time, he opened his eyes and then said, "O Manshur, my brother, that sentence has drifted away from me." I muttered, "La haula wa la quwatta illa billah, no power no effort but belongs to Allah . (To be continued)

Translated from "101 Kisah Teladan" written by Muhammad Amin al-Jundi, Indonesian translation by Safrudin Edi Wibowo, Lc