met a beggar on his way without giving him money, which he did not count. Then he would return home, and the coins would be unchanged in number and weight.

He once passed a caravan whose progress had been halted by a lion. He approached until his clothes touched the lion, then placed his foot on its neck and said, “You are only one of the Most Merciful’s dogs, and I am ashamed to fear anything other than Him.” The caravan then passed safely.

He supplicated Allah Most High to make ritual purification easy for him in winter, and water would be brought to him with steam rising from it. He also supplicated his Lord to protect his heart from Satan while he was praying, and Satan could gain no power over it.

Al-Hasan al-Basrī went into hiding from al-Hajjāj. They entered where he was six times, but he supplicated Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and they did not see him. He also supplicated against one of the Khārijites who was harming him, and the man fell dead.

Sila ibn Ashyam’s horse died while he was on a military expedition. He said, “O Allah, do not let me be indebted to any created being.” He supplicated Allah, Mighty and Majestic, who restored his horse to life. When he reached home, he said, “My son, take the saddle off the horse, for it is on loan.” His son removed the saddle, and the horse died.

Once, he became hungry in al-Ahwāz, so he supplicated Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and asked Him for food. A basket of fresh dates wrapped in a silk cloth fell behind him. He ate the dates, and the cloth remained with his wife for some time.

A lion approached him while he was praying in a thicket at night. When he had concluded his prayer with the salutation of peace, he said to it, “Seek your provision somewhere else.” The lion turned away, roaring.

During the days of al-Harra, Sa‘īd ibn al-Musayyib would hear the call to prayer coming from the grave of