and I did not look after her, rather I cut off relations with her; I did not care for her nor did I ask anyone about her state. When I died, this was what, I was held accountable for by Allah Most High and Allah Almighty said: ‘How could you forget about your sister, she did not have clothes and you were fully dressed and living your life! She was suffering from hunger while you were eating to your fill, she was thirsty whereas you drank and satiated your thirst. I swear by My Honour and Majesty! I will not show mercy to the one who severs ties. (O Angel!) Go, take him to the well of Bar-hoot and throw him in.’ Hence the Angel of Death عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام put me into this well, and now I am being punished. Oh, my brother! Please go to my sister and ask her to forgive me, and find a way to grant me salvation from this punishment, it could be that Allah Almighty may forgive me, as besides this the sin of cutting ties, I did not have any transgressions.

The pious person asked, ‘Where are my entrustments?’ The Khurasani man replied, ‘It is buried in so and so corner of my home, go and find it there’. Therefore, the pious man went to the place where he was told it would be, dug out his belongings, and set off for his neighbouring area to search for the Khurasani man’s sister. After acquiring some information as to her whereabouts, he reached the disabled sister and told her the entire incident. After listening to this, the sister began to cry, and the pious man asked her to supplicate for her brother. However, she complained about her destitution, and with the pious man helping her in this regard, the sister became pleased. Now this man returned to Makka-tul-Mukarramah to see if his friend had been freed from punishment or not. One day, he called out into the well of Zam Zam and the deceased Khurasani replied, ‘اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه I attained salvation from the well of Bar-hoot, now I am in peace and safety in the well of Zam Zam. (Sharah-ul-Sudoor, p. 178, Hadith 74, Slightly amended with amendments)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد