2.6.1 - Some of His Qualities

Shaykh Muhyiddin narrated many of the stories about Shaykh al-Mawruri and his qualities in the letter of the Holy Spirit, in al-Durrah al-Fakhirah, as well as in his books Lecturing of the Righteous and the Meccan Revelations.

In the Holy Spirit he says: This man had served Abu Madyan who used to call him the pious pilgrim. He had performed the Pilgrimage with Abdul-Razzaq and, while in Mecca, had kept company with Abu Abdullah Ibn Hasan, who had offered his daughter to him in marriage as a mark of affection, but Abu Muhammad al-Mawruri had refused because he feared that he would be unable to fulfill all his obligations towards her.

He then adds that Abu Madyan liked this man very much and said to him one day, I am weary of calling the people to God and finding no response, so I would like you to accompany me to some mountain cave, so that you may be with me till I die. Telling this himself, Abu Muhammad said, I rejoiced at his words and knew that I was certain of a place with God. During that night I saw in a dream that the Shaykh Abu Madyan when he preached to the people was like the Sun, and that when he fell silent he was like the Moon. Early next morning, when I related the dream to him, he smiled and said, “My son, praise be to God, for I would very much like to be like the Sun which banishes all darkness and relieves all anxieties.”