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severed himself from everything so that he might dedicate himself
to the worship of Allah. He ran from the trials of people and
became absent from the creation. He immersed himself in the
witnessing of the glory of the Truth."

Just before dawn it was the practice of ibn Bashish to supplicate
to Allah and ask Him to keep mankind away from him and that he
be distanced from them. Abulhasan confirmed this saying, "Whilst
on my travels I found a cave in which I decided to spend the night
when I heard the voice of a man inhabiting the cave. I decided not
to disturb the man so I sat by its entrance. Just before dawn I
heard the man supplicate, "O Allah, there are people who ask You
to bring people for them and make them servile, so You made
Your creation serve them and they are satisfied with that from
You. For myself, I ask You that they avoid me and swerve away
from me until I have no refuge except in You." Abulhasan went on
to say, "Then the man came out of the cave and it was ibn
Bashish. So I said to him, 'My master, I heard you say such and
such', whereupon he replied, 'O Ali it is better for you to say, O