Then he came to the bald man and said, “What would you love most?” He replied, “Fine hair, and for this affliction, because of which people find me repulsive, to be removed from me.” He touched him, and it departed; and he was given fine hair. He then said, “What kind of wealth would you love most?” He replied, “Cattle.” So he was given a pregnant cow, and he said, “May Allah bless it for you!”

Then he came to the blind man and said, “What would you love most?” He replied, “For Allah to restore my sight to me, so that I may see people.” He touched him, and Allah restored his sight. He then said, “What kind of wealth would you love most?” He replied, “Sheep.” So he was given a pregnant ewe. The first two animals produced offspring, and this one gave birth. Thus, one of them came to have a valley full of camels, another a valley full of cattle, and the other a valley full of sheep.

Then he came to the leper in his former form and appearance and said, “I am a destitute man whose means have been exhausted on my journey. Today, I have no means of continuing except through Allah and then through you. I ask you, by the One who gave you a fine complexion, healthy skin, and wealth, for a camel with which I may continue my journey.” He replied, “I have many obligations.” He said to him, “It is as though I recognize you. Were you not a leper whom people found repulsive, and poor, then Allah gave you wealth?” He replied, “I inherited this wealth from my forefathers, generation after generation.” He said, “If you are lying, may Allah restore you to what you were!”

Then he came to the bald man in his former form and said to him the same as he had said to the other, and he gave him the same reply as the other had given. So he said, “If you are lying, may Allah restore you to what you were!” Then he came to the blind man in his former form and appearance and said, “I am a destitute man, and the son—