He said to me: "Did you envy him or were you stingy towards him?"

I said: "O my Master, I neither envied him nor was I stingy towards him."

He said: "If it does not come as wealth, then he is compensated with seven hundred good deeds (Hasanat), and seven hundred bad deeds (Sayyi'at) are erased from him. Shall I increase for you, O Abu Basir?"

I said: "Yes, O my Master and my Liege."

He said: "Let your gift to your people be Myrtle (As), for its person (Shakhs) is great and its station is majestic. It is the first thing that grew on the face of the earth and acknowledged Oneness to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and Messengership to Muhammad."

I said: "My Master and my Liege, what if I cannot perform Ghusl and cannot find Myrtle?"

He said: "Gift white sugar, and submerge your legs.

in the running water for an hour; the sins will shake off from you and from the rest of your body until you reach your Master pure and purified."