O Yaqub!

O Yaqub! At this time, a handsome tall strong blind man came out groping against the wall and approached him. The bedouin said: Are you Yaqub? He said: Yes. Then the bedouin conveyed his message, telling him what Joseph had said. Hearing this, Yaqub became unconscious and fell on the ground. After some time he came to and said: O bedouin! Do you want to pray to God for your needs? He said: Yes, I am wealthy and married to my cousin but she has not given birth to any child yet.

I want you to pray to God to give me a child. Yaqub performed ablution and a two-Rakat prayer invoking God to give the man a child. Yaqub’s prayer was answered and the woman gave birth to twins for four or six times.

عَنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قَالَ: قَدِمَ إِعْرَابِيٌّ عَلى يُوسُفَ لِيَشْتَرِيَ مِنْهُ طَعامًا فَبَاعَهُ، فَلَمّا فَرَغَ قَالَ لَهُ يُوسُفُ: أَيْنَ مَنْزِلُكَ؟ قَالَ لَهُ: بِمَوْضِعٍ كَذا وَكَذا، قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِذا مَرَرْتَ بِوَادي كَذا وَكَذا فَقِفْ فَنَادِ: يَا يَعْقُوبُ يَا يَعْقُوبُ، فَإِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ إِلَيْكَ رَجُلٌ عَظيمٌ جَمِيلٌ وَسِيمٌ، فَقُلْ لَهُ: لَقِيتُ رَجُلا بِمِصْرَ وَهُوَ يُقْرِؤُكَ السَّلامَ وَيَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنَّ وَدِيعَتكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَنْ تَضيع، قَالَ: فَمَضَى الأَعْرَابِيُّ حَتّى انْتَهى إِلى مَوْضِعٍ فَقَالَ لِغِلْمَانِهِ: احْفَظُوا عَلَيَّ الإِبِلَ، ثُمَّ نَادي: يَا يَعْقُوبُ يَا يَعْقُوبُ.

فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ أَعْمَى، طَويلٌ، جَسيمُ، جَميلٌ يَتَّقِي الْحَائِطَ بِيَدِه حَتَّى أَقْبَلَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ: أَنْتَ يَعْقُوبُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ، فَأَبْلَغَهُ مَا قَالَ لَهُ يُوسُفُ فَسَقَطَ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَفَاقَ: وَقَالَ لِلأَعْرابِيِّ: يا أَعرابِيُّ أَلَكَ حَاجَةٌ إِلى اللَّهِ تَعَالى؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ: نَعَمْ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ كَثِيرُ الْمَالِ وَلِي ابْنَةُ عَمٍّ لَمْ يُولَدُ لِي مِنْهَا وَأُحِبُّ أَنْ تَدْعُوا اللَّهَ يَرْزُقَني وَلَدًا، فَتَوَضَّأَ يَعْقُوبُ وَصَلّى رَكْعَتَيْن ثُمَّ دَعا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَرُزِقَ أَرْبَعَةُ بُطُونٍ، أَوْ قَالَ: سِتَّةُ بُطُونٍ في كُلِّ بَطْنٍ اثْنَان فَكَانَ يَعْقُوبُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ يُوسُفَ حَيٌّ لَمْ يَمُتْ.

His Letter To Save A Prisoner Jacob wrote a letter to Joseph which read: From Yaqub son of Ishaq, sacrifice of Allah, son of Ibrahim, the friend of Allah to the king of Egypt, But next: We are a household constantly prone to tribulation. My grandfather, Ibrahim afflicted with tribulation. He was thrown into fire. My father, Ishaq was afflicted with being sacrificed. I had a son being the apple of my eyes, whose sight made me happy.

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