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nothing to help me to continue my journey (pilgrimage) except Allah.
I ask you in the Name of Allah who has given you a good
complexion, clear skin and great wealth to give me a camel that
might help me to reach my destination.‟ The man replied, „I have
many obligations.‟ The angel said, „It seems that I recognize you.
Aren't you the leper once disliked by people whom Allah enriched?‟
The man replied, „I inherited my wealth from my forefathers.‟ To this
the angel said, „If you are lying, may Allah restore you to the
condition in which you were.‟
Then the angel returned disguised as a bald-headed man to the
man who had been bald-headed and asked for help and he gave the
same reply as the first. The angel turned to him and said, „If you are
lying, may Allah restore you to the condition in which you were‟.
Next the angel returned to the man who had been blind disguised as
a blind man and said to him, „I am a poor man and have nothing to
help me to reach my destination (pilgrimage) except the help of
I ask you in the Name of Allah who has given you a good
complexion, clear skin and great wealth to give me a camel that
might help me to reach my destination.‟ The man replied, „I have
many obligations.‟ The angel said, „It seems that I recognize you.
Aren't you the leper once disliked by people whom Allah enriched?‟
The man replied, „I inherited my wealth from my forefathers.‟ To this
the angel said, „If you are lying, may Allah restore you to the
condition in which you were.‟
Then the angel returned disguised as a bald-headed man to the
man who had been bald-headed and asked for help and he gave the
same reply as the first. The angel turned to him and said, „If you are
lying, may Allah restore you to the condition in which you were‟.
Next the angel returned to the man who had been blind disguised as
a blind man and said to him, „I am a poor man and have nothing to
help me to reach my destination (pilgrimage) except the help of