month. Beyond the wilderness are dwellings containing a group of believer brothers. The word of the people is one, and their status is one. There is no difference between them in worldly matters nor any disagreement in religion. Generosity is manifest among them and blessings descend upon them from the sky. They do not ask for a need and are refused, nor is a supplication of theirs veiled.' I traveled to him and we traveled to the people; my absence for this long period was for this reason."

Abu al-Maymun said: I asked him to inform me of something of what happened to him in his journey, what he heard and what he saw. He said to me: "This shall be in another assembly, if Allah the Almighty wills, by His help and good success."