Hadith 29

took to one of the exits of the wilderness. A tent of fur appeared to us, overlooking upon a mound of sand. That spot was shining from it with a brightness. He rushed me to seek the permission and entered greeting to them and he let them know of my place. One of them came out to me, and he-ajfj was older in age, MHMD-ajfj Bin Al-Hassan-ajfj, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-ajfj. And he-ajfj was a beardless boy, milky colour, clear forehead, furrowed eyebrows, even cheeks, curved nose, aerating aroma as if he-ajfj was a branch of horseradish, and as he-ajfj was like a clean page, a shooting star. There was a mole in his-ajfj right cheek. It was as if it was a crumb of ambergris upon a silver tray. There was a lot of hair in his-ajfj head, curving towards his-ajfj earlobes. For him-ajfj was an appearance no eyes had seen any more moderate than it nor known of any more handsome, and calmness, and bashfulness. When he-ajfj appeared to me, I hastened to receive him-ajfj. I devoted to him-ajfj, kissing every limb from him-ajfj. He-ajfj said to me: ‘Welcome to you, O Abu Is’haq! There were days you were counting and I-asws wanted to meet you, and there were reproaches between me-ajfj and you based upon quarrels of the house, and the slackness of (coming to) the shrines, your face was imagined to me-ajfj to the extent as if there was no imagination for the blink of an eyes, from the goodly discussion and imagination of the witnessing. And I-ajfj praise Allah-azwj, my Lord-azwj, my-ajfj Guardian, the praise upon what He-azwj Decreed from the meeting, and removal of the distress of contention, and the ennoblement’. Then he-ajfj asked me about my brothers, their earlier ones and their latter ones. I said, ‘May my father and my mother be (sacrificed) for you-ajfj! I have not ceased to investigate about your-ajfj matter, city by city, since Allah-azwj Preferred me with my Master-asws Abu Muhammad-asws. That was closed upon me until Allah-azwj Conferred upon me with one who guided me to you-ajfj and pointed me upon you-ajfj, and the thanks is for Allah-azwj upon what He-azwj Granted me regarding you-ajfj, the Benevolent Hand and the Favour’. Then he-ajfj he-ajfj lineaged himself-ajfj and his-ajfj brother Musa, and isolated with me in a corner. Then he-ajfj said: ‘My-ajfj father-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-as, pacted to me-ajfj that I-ajfj should not make any land as my-ajfj homeland except that I-ajfj should hide in it and be in its outskirts for the secrecy of my-ajfj matter, and as a fortification of my-ajfj position from the plots of the people of straying, and the intentions from the innovations of the lost communities. He-asws sent me-ajfj to the high sand (dunes) and roaming the rocks of the earth. You shall see me at the end when the matter would be resolved and the panic subsides, and he-asws, m