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44 master. One day early in the morning, the master, along with his slave left for the market to get groceries. On the way, the slave upon hearing Azan, took leave to offer Prayer in the mosque. He enjoyed being in the mosque and was delighted in his worship, and, therefore, after offering the Prayer, he engaged in the remem- brance of Allah. Eventually, after some wait, his master called him asking who has restrained him inside the mosque. The servant replied: ‘The same thing that is keeping you outside’. That is, there is a particular attraction in both [good and evil deeds]. God has pointed towards this fact: 1 ِٖہ َاکِل�َت َّعۡمَل ُ عَلٰی �ش ي � ٌّ کُل (Malf ūzā t, vol. 4, p. 141) Death of a Believer I know with certainty that the one who wholeheartedly develops a relationship with God never dies in disgrace. The story of a pious person is scribed in books. He fervently prayed that he dies at T ūs. 2 He had also seen in a vision that he would die at T ūs. He fell seriously ill at some other place and lost hope of survival. He instructed his disciples that if dies there, they should bury him in a Jewish graveyard. His disciples asked for the 1. Everyone acts according to his own way ( S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, 17:85). [Publisher] 2. Tu s is an ancient city in Razavi Khorasan Province in Iran near Mashhad. [Publisher]