Question:
From Sh. Hisham’s book:
Al-hafiz al-Suyuti relates in Ta’yid al-haqiqa al-`aliyya that Imam al-Shafi`i said: “I accompanied the Sufis …their statement that deprivation is immunity”.
What does ‘deprivation in immunity’ mean? I don’t wish to speculate.
Answer:
It means simple living or zuhd. The less possessions and wants the less liabilities in dunya and akhira. Hence, immunity from heavy accountability.
Travel light as in the dua of Rajab: O Allah give me a badan hayyinan layyinan, a body pliable to worship, not enslaved and made heavy by needs appetites luxury and desires.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
