for business, please pray for me.”

A saint is a saint after all, and some of them can even see the Preserved Tablet, such as Shaykh Ḥammād himself. He learnt of Abū Muẓaffar’s destiny and gave him news from the unseen; “Delay your trip! If you leave now, thieves will kill you and steal your belongings.”

Abū Muẓaffar became anxious hearing this. As he worriedly returned home, he ran into Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه on the way. “Why are you worried?”, the shaykh asked, to which he explained the entire situation. “Do not worry”, the shaykh assured, “Go to Syria without fear. Everything will be fine اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.”

Abū Muẓaffar listened and departed for Syria with a caravan of others. This business trip proved immensely successful. and his business benefitted immensely. During the journey, however, he had in dream in which he saw robbers attack the caravan, steal everything, and kill him. He suddenly arose from his sleep, only to find it was a dream and nothing had happened.

He returned to Baghdad after this successful excursion. He then began to think whether he should meet Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه or Shaykh Ḥammād رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه first. As it happened, he came across Shaykh Ḥammād first, who declared:

Go and meet Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه first, as he is beloved to Allah. He prayed for you seventeen times  before your destiny changed. Due to his prayers, Allah changed what would have occurred with you in a wakeful state, into something you just saw in a dream.^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد