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Abulhasan narrated his speech.
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The linkage of ibn Bashish and Abulhasan unites through his
teacher, the Caliph Muhammad, son of Idris, may Allah be
pleased with them.
It was on account of his great spiritual rank that ibn Bashish
reached the seven heavens seeking to be hidden from humanity
that Abulhasan, who had traveled to distant Iraq in search of him,
was oblivious to the fact that the one he sought was actually in his
own community, living less than a day's travel away from his
home, and that they were related.
As ibn Sabagh reported, "Abulhasan said, '“When I entered Iraq I met
the good Shaykh Abu Alfatah, and I have never seen the like of him in
all Iraq although my aim was to meet the Quobt, and then one of the
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The linkage of ibn Bashish and Abulhasan unites through his
teacher, the Caliph Muhammad, son of Idris, may Allah be
pleased with them.
It was on account of his great spiritual rank that ibn Bashish
reached the seven heavens seeking to be hidden from humanity
that Abulhasan, who had traveled to distant Iraq in search of him,
was oblivious to the fact that the one he sought was actually in his
own community, living less than a day's travel away from his
home, and that they were related.
As ibn Sabagh reported, "Abulhasan said, '“When I entered Iraq I met
the good Shaykh Abu Alfatah, and I have never seen the like of him in
all Iraq although my aim was to meet the Quobt, and then one of the