The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ The story of Sheikh Abi Madin with some merchants ]

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FUTMAK.COM الفتوحات المكية: الصفحة 356 من الجزء One

A man of the merchants was saying to our sheikh, Abu Madyan: I want you to know me if you see a poor person in need of something, so that it will be at my hand. One day, a poor, naked person in need of a garment came to him. The position of the sheikh and his condition in that regard was that he should not depend on anyone other than God in all his affairs. Himself and in the right of others, the sheikhs have unanimously agreed that whoever’s trust in himself is valid, his trust in others is valid. So Abu Madin remembered the merchant’s desire, so he went out with the poor man to the merchant’s shop to take a dress from him. A person walked by him. The sheikh denied him, so he asked him about his religion. If he was a polytheist, he recognized the occasion and repented to God for that. He turned around and saw that the man had left him and did not know where he had gone .


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