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تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 10.20

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10.20.1

I had a slave who ran away from me, and I found him in the possession of a Turk. I went to take him back from him, but the shaykh said to me: "This slave is not good for you, so do not take him." The Turk was willing to come to terms, so I settled with him for a hundred dinars, which I took from him, and left the slave to him. Six months later [the slave] killed his master and was brought before the sultan, who ordered that he be handed over to his master's sons, and they killed him.

10.20.2

When I saw this miracle of the shaykh, I devoted myself to him and kept constantly in his company. I abandoned the world and gave all I had to the poor and needy, and stayed with him for a time. I used to see him fast continuously for ten days and twenty days, and stand in prayer for most of the night, until the sultan sent for me and I became entangled in the world a second time — may God Most High grant a good end. I shall mention this later, God Most High willing, and how I returned to the world (101).

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