“While we were with Ibrahim bin Adham, a man passed by us and Ibrahim asked, ‘Is not that man so-and-so?’ and he was answered in the positive. Ibrahim said to a man in the gathering, ‘Catch up with him and tell him that Ibrahim asks, ‘Why did you not greet us with the Salam?’ That man said in reply, ‘By Allaah, my wife has just delivered a baby and I do not have anything, so I went out unaware of my surroundings.’ The man, returned to him and told what happened, and Ibrahim commented, ‘We all belong to Allaah! How is it that we were unaware about the condition of our friend until his condition deteriorated to this point?’
Ibrahim said to a man who was present, ‘Go to so-and-so and borrow two dinars from him, then go to the market and buy whatever is possible with a dinar and then give him. That man said, ‘I went to the market and bought whatever I could with one dinar and then went to the man’s house. I knocked the door and his wife asked, ‘Who is this?’ I said, ‘I need your husband.’ She said, ‘He is not here right now.’ I said, ‘Then open the door and go inside.’ She opened the door, and we took whatever we carried on the camel inside her house and gave her the second dinar. She asked, ‘Who sent all this?’ I said, ‘Your brother (in Islam) Ibrahim bin Adham.’ She said, ‘O Allaah! Do not forget what happened today from Ibrahim.’”
(Transcribed from: Sifaatus-Safwah, vol. 4, p.155)
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