๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐!
โThe Muftฤซ of Mecca Muแธฅammad bin สฟAlฤa ad-Dฤซn Aแธฅmad al Nahrawฤnฤซ al แธคanafฤซ ุฑุญู ู ุงููู (d. 990H) narrated:
โThat a merchant from Alexandria invested much of his wealth in a trading expedition to Constantinople by sea.
โOn his way there the ship he was traveling on was captured by Frankish Pirates. They captured all the wealth and men aboard.
โThey took everything the merchant owned and bounded his feet in chains and sat him at an oar to row for the ship. When the merchant was sat down and saw the state of his affairs, and thought of his family and his home and wondered if heโll ever see them again he began to cry and wasnโt able to stop.
โA Christian youth notice his crying and approached him. And asked him why he was crying. The merchant began to relate to him that he feared he will never see his family and home again.
โThe youth grabbed a handkerchief and threw it in the air and let it hit the ground. He then asked the merchant:
โโDo you see how the handkerchief goes into the air and falls?
โThe merchant said yes.
โThe youth said:
โโIn time span of that handkerchief going into the air and falling Allah can change our affairs and turnover the Dunya and itโs people and Allah can bring about favors you cannot imagine. So do not wallow in your crying and sadness just because there is some hardship.โ
โThe man was amazed by the youthโs words and by it Allah removed the sadness and regret in his heart. And he decided to wait for Allah to remove his hardship.
โAnd at that very moment a Muslim military vessel appeared in the horizon and was able to quickly intercept the pirate ship and seize it without any fighting.
โThey were towed to a near by port and they offloaded all of the men, the merchandise, and the captured pirates.
โThey put all the Christian pirates in chains. It was then announced that whosoever has any claims to the wealth and merchandise should make it now.
โThe Muslim Merchant went to the Muslim commanding officer and informed him of what occurred and was able to reclaim all of his wealth without a single thing missing.
โThe commander then said to the merchant are you continuing to Constantinople or returning to Alexandria. The merchant informed the commander that he will be continuing to Constantinople, so the commander pointed him to another vessel that would be making the trip. And had all the merchandise loaded for him and appointed for him a guide to Constantinople.
โThen the commander prepared to auction off the captured Frankish pirates. And the Muslim merchant saw amongst them the youth who gave him the advice, so the merchant approached the commander and requested a price for the youth. The commander, surprised, asked the merchant why did he want to buy one of his former capturers, so the merchant informed him of what transpired between the merchant and the youth. Amazed by the story the commander said he is yours for free.
โSo the merchant took the youth and freed him. Then merchant and the youth traveled to Constantinople together. Where the merchant was able to sell all his merchandise and was very profitable in doing so, he then returned to Alexandria.
โAnd the Christian youth also decided to travel to Alexandria with Christian traders to conduct business. And a business relationship formed between the merchant and the youth wherein he would send merchandise to Frankish lands with the youth to sell them for him and it made them both very wealthy.
โAfter a long time passed the merchant informed the Christian that he should become Muslim. The Christian told him he had become Muslim the day the merchant bought and freed him, but hid it so that he can continue to trade in Frankish lands in safety, but for now on he will no longer hide it. And he made apparent his Islam and perfected it up until he died ุฑุญู ู ุงููู.
๐ AL-FAWฤสพID AS-SANIYYA FI R-RIแธคLA AL-MADANIYYA WA-R-RลชMIYYA
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