Hajj-performing person away from home

On page 384 of the book ‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat’ part 1 [a book published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami], it is stated: The Qutb (highest-ranking mystic) of the time, Sayyiduna Abu Ishaaq Ibraheem Khawwas رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was a renowned saint of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. While talking to someone, he has stated: For nearly 17 years I roamed the jungles and deserts and continued worshipping Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ at different places. During these 17 years, the most amazing incident which I experienced was that once I saw a handicapped man in a jungle, both his hands and legs were amputated and he was walking by dragging himself. Besides this, he was also suffering from many other difficulties. I was greatly surprised to see him and I began to feel pity for him. I went near him and made Salam. He answered me, mentioning my name. Astonished, I asked him, ‘It is my first meeting with you, how did you know my name?’ He replied, ‘The Supreme Being Who has brought you to me, He عَزَّوَجَلَّ has revealed your recognition to me.’ I said, ‘You are right; undoubtedly, my Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ is All-Powerful over everything.’ Thereafter I asked him, ‘Where have you come from and where do you intend to go?’ He said, ‘I have come from the city Bukhara and am going towards the Haramayn Tayyibayn.’

I was surprised to learn that how this handicapped person managed to reach here from Bukhara and now he intends to go to Makkah Mukarramah, that is very far away from here, how would he manage to reach there alone? Lost in these thoughts, I looked at him in amazement.

Fixing his captivating gaze upon me, he said, ‘O Ibraheem! You wonder at this that how the Rab عَزَّوَجَلَّ has brought a handicapped and weak person like me to this place!?’ Saying that he burst into tears. I said to him, ‘Do not worry at all, everyone is under the Divine mercy, He عَزَّوَجَلَّ does not disappoint anybody.’ Then, leaving him there, I went ahead; I had intended to perform Hajj this same year. I reached Makkah and made my way to the Holy Ka’bah to make Tawaf. To my astonishment, I saw that the same handicapped person had already reached the Holy Ka’bah and was busy performing Tawaf by dragging his body.

(‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat, part 1, pp. 384, slightly modified)