and he cannot possess the reins of his heart except through it—which consists of adhering to silence and maintaining hunger and thirst. And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path.
[247] And the Messenger of Allah, His glory is might, said: "Charity is of five ranks: a charity multiplied by one, a charity multiplied by ten, a charity multiplied by seventy, a charity multiplied by seven hundred, and a charity whose reward no one can calculate except Allah, the Exalted. As for the charity multiplied by one, it is given to the common folk; the charity multiplied by ten is given to the chronically ill; the charity multiplied by seventy virtues is given to neighbors; the charity multiplied by seven hundred is given to the deprived; and the charity whose reward no one can calculate except Allah, the Exalted, is that given to the scholars. 1
And this is a discourse from the Book of Admonition (Kitab al-Tanbih), commented upon by the Shaykh Muhammad Farqul in the treatise Taqrib al-Bayan, wherein he said: The allusion to the Truth: "refers to the Divine Essence,"