The ahl al-dil—friends of Allah—radiate life even in silence. Their pure gaze revives dead hearts, as Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī ʳʰ explains, transforming souls by divine elixir. Sayidunā Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq ʳᵃ cherished merely beholding the Prophet ﷺ, for seeing the pious stirs remembrance of Allah and turns hearts toward Him.
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