The Bani Israel came to him and realizing what his illness was...

The Bani Israel came to him and realizing what his illness was, advised him: “If you consume such and such medicine you will recover from your sickness.” “I shall not seek any cure but will instead wait till Allah cures me without the help of any medicine,” said Musa (as) to them. His illness became prolonged whereupon Allah revealed to him: “By My Majesty and Glory!

I shall never cure you till you have consumed the medicine which they had recommended to you.” Musa (as) asked the Bani Israel to treat him with the medicine that they had previously suggested. They treated him and shortly after that, Musa (as) regained his health. However, this incident left Musa (as) with a feeling of complaint and dejection but Allah revealed to him: “You desired to annul My Wisdom by means of your trust in Me!

Is there one, other than Me, who has placed the medicinal and beneficial effects in plants and various things?” [^6] Hammad Ibn Habib Hammad Ibn Habib Kufi narrates: “One year, I had set out for Hajj accompanied by some people. Just as we passed by a place called Zubalah*,* a dreadful wind with black dust began to blow. Its intensity was so great and severe that everyone in the group were left scattered. I found myself alone and lost in a place with no water or trees.

It was not long before night fell. Staring into the distance, my eyes perceived the silhouette of a single tree and I began trudging towards it. As I approached the tree, I witnessed that a youth, dressed in white apparel and scented with musk, also came up to the tree. ‘This person must be one of the auliya of Allah!’ I thought. I concealed myself fearing that if I came forward, he would move away to another place.

The youth readied himself for his prayers, recited: يَا مَنْ حَاذَ کُلََّ شَيْءٍٍٍ مَلَکُوْتاً and then started his prayers. I noticed that there was a spring of water nearby. I performed my ablution and stood behind the youth for my prayers. I observed that in the course of his prayers, when the youth reached the verses that narrated Divine chastisement and punishment, he would repeat them with wailing, weeping and lamentation.

After the prayers, the youth began to walk away from his place, all the while supplicating: يَا مَنْ قَصَدَهُ الضَّالُّونَ Fearing that I might lose him, I rushed toward him and pleaded: “I place you under the oath of He Who has taken away exhaustion from you and instilled within you the ecstasy of this solitude!

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