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ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlāni, a 12th CE ḥanbalī mystic, argues repeatedly in his works, Futūḥ al-Ghayb and al-Fatḥ al-Rabbānī which are known for allegorical interpretation of prophetic ḥadīths, that a sufi may enjoy certain worldly pleasures after struggling through various stages of asceticism (zuhd). Ultimately, God will make him lon