2.9.22 - Shaykh Abu Abbas Ahmad Ibn Hammam

A man of Seville whom God inspired to discipline his soul. He began to devote himself to the worship of God before he reached puberty. He was a most earnest man who wept for his soul like a mother who has lost her only son. His father had been opposed to his entering upon the Way, and when the situation became more difficult he said to me, O my brother, things have become very difficult for me; my father has thrown me out to fend for myself. I would very much like to go to the borders of the Muslim lands to fight the enemy and to serve there in the army until I die. In due course he set off for a place called Jerumenha (in Portugal) and is still there to this day. after some time he returned to Seville to collect some effects, but then returned once again to active service. He used often to go to the house of the above-mentioned Abu Abdullah al-Khayyat, may God be pleased with them and us.