Wisdom (110): Nauf Ibn Fazala Bakali says that one night I saw Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, he got up from sleep and looked at the stars and then said, "O Nauf! Are you sleeping or awake?" O Noof! Blessed are those who made asceticism in this world, and turned their hearts towards the Hereafter. These are the people who called the earth a floor, clay a bed and water a sweet drink. Then, like the Messiah, he was separated from the world. O Noof! Dawood (peace be upon him) got up in the same part of the night and said that this is the hour in which any prayer a person asks for will be answered, except for a person who collects government taxes, or does evil to the people, or is in the police (of a tyrannical government) or plays sarangi or drums.

Nauf Ibn Fazala Bakali says that one night I saw Amir al-Mu'minin, peace be upon him, he got up from sleep and looked at the stars and then said, "O Nauf! Are you sleeping or awake?" O Noof! Blessed are those who made asceticism in this world, and turned their hearts towards the Hereafter. These are the people who called the earth a floor, clay a bed and water a sweet drink. Then, like the Messiah, he was separated from the world. O Noof! Dawood (peace be upon him) got up in the same part of the night and said that this is the hour in which any prayer a person asks for will be answered, except for a person who collects government taxes, or does evil to the people, or is in the police (of a tyrannical government) or plays sarangi or drums.