Hadith 175

d and would have come to her upon purity, nor do I allege except that he would have learnt the fourth part of the Torah from that vigil of his. Thus, it ended with goodness for him. Return to wherever you came from, so go until you disembark as the city of Muhammad-saww which is called Tayba, and its name during the Pre-Islamic period was Yasrib. Then deliberate to a place from it called Al-Baqie. Then ask about the house called the house of Marwan, so lodge in it, and stay for three (days). Then ask about the black Sheikh who would happen to be upon its door working (producing) the matting, and in their city its name is ‘Al-Khasaf’. Be kind to the Sheikh and say to him, ‘He has sent me to you, your lodger who used to lodge in the corner of the house wherein were four planks of wood’. Then ask him about so and so, son of so and so, and ask him where his association is, and ask him which time he would be passing by therein. He would either show it to you or describe it for you. So recognise him-asws with the description and I shall describe him-asws to you’. I said, ‘When I do meet him-asws, andwhat is that should I do? ’ He said, ‘Ask him-asws about what has happened, and about what is going to happen, and ask him-asws about the teachings of the ones who has passed away and the ones who remain’. Abu Ibrahim-asws said to him: ‘Your companion whom you met has given you good advice’. The Monk said, ‘What is his name? May I be sacrificed for you-asws! ’
He-asws said: ‘He is Motamim Bin Feyrouz, and he is from the sons of Persia, and he is from the ones who believe in Allah-azwj Alone, there being no associates for Him-azwj, and worships Him-azwj with the sincerity and the conviction, and he fled from his people due to what his fearing was from them, so his Lord-azwj Endowed wisdom to him and Guided him to the way of righteousness, and Made him to be from the pious ones, and understanding between him and His-azwj sincere servants. And there is none from a year except he visits Makkah during it as a Pilgrim, and he performs Umrah at the beginning of every month time and again, and he come from his place from India to Makkah as a Grace from Allah-azwj and Assitance. And like that, Allah-azwj Recompenses the grateful ones’. Then the Monk asked him-asws a lot of questions, each one of that he-asws answered with regards to it. And he-asws asked the Monk about things he did not happen to have anything with regards to these, and he-asws informed him with it. Then the Monk said, ‘Inform me about the eight ‘Hurouf’ (letter/sentences) which were Revealed. So four from these were Manifested in the earth and there remain four of these in the atmosphere, upon whom would these four be Revealed which are in the atmosphere, and who would be interpreting these? ’
He-asws said: ‘That would be our-asws Qaim-asws. Allah-azwj would be Re