The Consequence of Eating a Fallen Date

Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm b. Adham رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was a very righteous and famous saint of Allah Almighty. He spent a significant portion of his life travelling. He narrated, "Once, I spent a night at Bayt al-Muqaddas (i.e., Masjid al-Aqṣā). During the night, I saw two angels.

One of them asked, 'Who is this person?'

The other replied, 'He is Ibrāhīm b. Adham.'

The first angel said, 'Is he the same Ibrāhīm b. Adham who has been removed him from his station.'

The second angel asked, 'For what reason?'

The first angel explained, 'Once, Ibrāhīm b. Adham was in Basra. He bought some dates from a shop. When he took the dates and left, he noticed a date had fallen. He thought it might be from the dates he had bought, so he picked it up and ate it. However, it was not his date; it belonged to the shopkeeper. Since he had eaten someone else's date, Allah Almighty removed him from his rank.'”

Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm b. Adham رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه continued, “When I heard about this conversation between the angels, I immediately went to Basra, returned the shopkeeper's date and came back. That night, I saw the two angels again. They were engaged in conversation, and one said, 'This is the same Ibrāhīm b. Adham who returned the date to its owner, and Allah Almighty has once again bestowed upon him his previous rank.'”^[1]

May the mercy of Allah Almighty descend upon him, and may we be forgiven for his sake.

اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ النَّبِیِّ الْاَمِیْن صلَّی اللہ عَلَیْہِ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم