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The shaykh looked at their faces and asked what the matter was. One of the
students stood up and said, "Maulana, we all did exactly as you told us, but
none of us saw Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him."

The shaykh smiled gently and asked, "Did any of you see anything at all last
night?" The first boy said, "I saw water gushing from a tap." Another said, "I
saw a fountain of water." Another said, "I saw a waterfall." Another said, "I
saw rain pouring down from the sky."

The shaykh asked each of his students in turn what they had seen that night,
and each student told him they had seen something to do with water!

The shaykh nodded and said, "Think about this for a moment. Last night you
went to sleep feeling very, very thirsty on account of all the lentil soup and
chili you had eaten – you were very anxious for a drink of water. That is the
reason why you all saw water in your dreams. Now, if you had been as
anxious to see Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, as you
had been for water you would surely have seen him!"