تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.42
English (machine translation) 13.42
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13.42.1
When the news of my renouncing the world reached the Sultan, he summoned me; he was then at Sīwasitān. I came before him in the dress of the poor, and he spoke to me most kindly and graciously and wanted me to return to service, but I refused and asked his permission to travel to the Ḥijāz. He granted it, and I left him and stayed at a hospice
13.42.2
known by its association with Malik Bashīr. That was at the end of Jumādā II of the year [seven hundred and] forty-two. I secluded myself there in retreat for the month of Rajab and ten days of Shaʿbān, and reached the point of fasting continuously for five days, after which I broke my fast on a little rice without any relish. I recited the Qurʾān every day and kept night vigils as God willed. Whenever I ate food it hurt me, and when I vomited it up I felt relief. I continued so for forty days; then he sent for me a second time.
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- تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic