There was a woman who reached the age of forty; her sisters and brothers all got married, and her parents died, and she stayed in the house alone. She was religiously committed and righteous.

A woman said to her: May Allah help you to cope with this loneliness; you have stayed alone after all your family has gone. And she started to encourage her to be patient.

But she gave an amazing response that not even great and prominent people could come up with, and those who heard this answer were stunned by it. She said:

Who told you that I am living alone? Not at all. I have not lived a single day without the one I love. He is with me night and day, and He does not leave me for a moment, and I talk to Him at moments when He is closest to me. He is my Lord.