صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Pious individual who took admonition from white hair

Sayyidunā ꜤAbdullāh b. Abū Nūḥ رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه says:

I saw an elderly man in al-Masjid al-Nabawi, who used to clean the masjid and stay there day and night. People told me that this elderly man is from the offspring of the third Caliph, Sayyidunā ꜤUthmān b. ꜤAffān رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ. He himself has children, and Allah Almighty has blessed him with an abundance of wealth. He has every blessing but chooses to stay in the masjid.

I became curious after hearing the people’s comments, so I began to observe the circumstances of the elderly man. I saw that when the last part of the night entered, he exited the masjid, entered Jannat al -BaqīꜤ and began offering salah whilst facing the qibla. He offered prayer all night, and when Fajr time began, he made duꜤāˈ which included the following supplication:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّكَ اَرْسَلْتَ اِليَّ وَ لَمْ تَاْذَنْ لِيْ فَاِنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ رَضِيْتَنِيْ فَائْذَنْ لِيْ وَ اِنْ لَّمْ تَرْضِنِيْ فَوَفِّقْنِيْ لِمَا يُرْضِيْكَ

O Allah! You sent Your herald towards me, but You did not tell me if You are pleased with me or not. O Lord! If You are pleased with me, then inform me, and if You are not pleased with me, grant me the ability to perform actions that please You.

The elderly person was still making duꜤāˈ when a goat or a similar animal came. He drank its milk, passed his hand over its back and made a duꜤāˈ of blessings for it, after which he returned to the masjid.

I observed him for some nights and found that his routine was the same every day. Finally, one day, I presented myself before