In his Narrative of the Saints, Attar tells of the great Sufi Habib Ajami who went
to bathe in the river one day leaving his coat lying unattended on the bank. Now
Hasan of Basra happened to pass by, saw the coat and, thinking that it had been
left there through someone’s carelessness, decided to stand guard over it till the
owner showed up.
When Habib came looking for his coat, Hasan said, “In whose care did you leave
this coat of yours when you went to bathe in the river? It could have been
stolen!”
Habib replied, “I left it in the care of Him who gave you the task of standing
guard over it!”
🙂
In his Narrative of the Saints, Attar tells of the great Sufi Habib Ajami who went
to bathe in the river one day leaving his coat lying unattended on the bank. Now
Hasan of Basra happened to pass by, saw the coat and, thinking that it had been
left there through someone’s carelessness, decided to stand guard over it till the
owner showed up.
When Habib came looking for his coat, Hasan said, “In whose care did you leave
this coat of yours when you went to bathe in the river? It could have been
stolen!”
Habib replied, “I left it in the care of Him who gave you the task of standing
guard over it!”
🙂