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Al Mughira ibn Habib said: “I noticed Malik ibn Dinar performing ablution after the
late evening prayer, then he went and stood at his place of prayer. He took hold
of his beard, and choking with tears, began to say: “My Allah, preserve Malik‟s
gray hairs from the Fire! You know the inhabitants of Paradise from the
inhabitants of Hell Fire, so, which of the two is Malik? He went on saying this till
break of day. Malik ibn Dinar also said: “One night I went to sleep, forgetting my
recitations. In my dreams I found myself with a most beautiful girl. In her hand
she held a piece of paper and asked me: „Can you read well?‟ When I told her I
could, she handed me the paper, on, which these lines were written:
Have pleasures and desires distracted you
from Paradise with maidens fair and sweet?
there you shall dwell eternally and sport
with all the lovely ladies you shall meet.
From dreams awake and – better far than sleep – recite Koran until the dawn you
greet.”
It is said that when Masruq went on Pilgrimage he spent every night prostrating
late evening prayer, then he went and stood at his place of prayer. He took hold
of his beard, and choking with tears, began to say: “My Allah, preserve Malik‟s
gray hairs from the Fire! You know the inhabitants of Paradise from the
inhabitants of Hell Fire, so, which of the two is Malik? He went on saying this till
break of day. Malik ibn Dinar also said: “One night I went to sleep, forgetting my
recitations. In my dreams I found myself with a most beautiful girl. In her hand
she held a piece of paper and asked me: „Can you read well?‟ When I told her I
could, she handed me the paper, on, which these lines were written:
Have pleasures and desires distracted you
from Paradise with maidens fair and sweet?
there you shall dwell eternally and sport
with all the lovely ladies you shall meet.
From dreams awake and – better far than sleep – recite Koran until the dawn you
greet.”
It is said that when Masruq went on Pilgrimage he spent every night prostrating