We continue the story of Abu Ghayth started last edition. The Khurasaani made his usual call later that day saying: 0 people of Makkah, 0 pilgrims, whoever of you find a pouch containing a thousand dinars, let him return it and they shall surely find great reward with Allah. The old man came again and said: `O Khurasaani, I said to you the day before yesterday to reward the finder a hundred dinars and you refused. Then I advised you to give him ten dinars and you refused, so will you give only one dinar so that he can buy with half of it things he needs and with the other half, sheep milk, so that he can give to the people and feed his children? The Khurasaani said: "I will not do so and I will complain to Allah on the day I meet him, and Allah is sufficient for us and the best one to trust in. The old man angrily said: "Come you, and take your money so that I can sleep at night, for I have not had a good mood ever since I found this money." Ibn Jarir said: So the old man went with the owner of the money and pulled out the money and said: Take your money and, ask Allah to forgive me and bless me from His bounty. The Khurasaani took the money and intended to leave, but when he reached the door he said: 0 old man, my father died, May Allah have mercy on him, and left behind three thousand dinars and said to me: Take out a third of this money and give it to a person from the people who is most deserving of it.
Therefore I tied it in a pouch so that I may spend it on someone who is worthy of it. By Allah, I have not seen a person, since l left Khurasaan until now, who is more worthy of it then you. So take it, may Allahs blessing be upon you, and may He reward for the trust you kept, and your patience during poverty -". The Khurasaani man left without the money. The old man wept and prayed to Allah, saying: "May Allah bless the owner of the money in his grave, and may Allah bless his son," Ibn Jarir said: I left after the Khurasaani but Abu Ghayth (the old man)followed me and brought me back. He asked me to Sit down, and said: I have seen you following me since the first day; you have come to know of our situation yesterday and today. I have heard that the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said: "If you are gifted from the provision of Allah, without begging or asking, then accept it and do not reject it.
So this is a gift from Allah to all those attending. The old man called: O Lubabah, O so and so, O so and so. He called on his daughters and his sisters and wife and her mother, and sat down and made me sit down. We were 10. He opened the bag, and said spread your clothing over your laps. So I (Ibn Jarir) did, but the girls did not have proper clothing that would enable them to do that; So they extended their hands. The old man gave dinar by dinar in order until (he reached me (Ibn Jarir) and said: "Here is a dinar." The process continued until the bag was empty and I received a hundred dinars. When I was leaving the old man said: I use to wake up for Fajr prayer with this wet shirt. After I was done I would take it off, and give it so that my daughter can pray - one by one. Then I would go to work between Dhuhr prayer and Asr prayer and then I would come back at the end of the day with what Allah has given me from dates and dry pieces of bread. Then I would take off my clothes for my daughters and they would pray Dhuhr prayer and Asr prayer, and the same would happen for the Maghrib and Isha prayers. And we did not ever expect to see this kind of money.
So, may Allah make us make good use of them, and may Allah bless the person in his grave and multiply the reward for him. Ibn Jarir said: So I greeted him goodbye, and after sixteen years I returned to Makkah and inquired about the old man. I was told that he died a few months after the incident that occurred between us. His wife died, along with her mother, and his 2 sisters. The only ones that remained were the daughters whom, when I asked about, found that they were married to kings and Princes. I dropped by and they honored me as a guest and treated me kindly until they died also. So May Allah bless them in their graves.