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The chamberlain left him and went away. Whenever Harun al‐Rashid circumambulating the<br />

Kaaba, the Bedouin was before him. When he arose to kiss the Black Stone, the Bedouin preceded<br />

him and kissed it. When he went to the Standing Place to perform a prayer wherein, the Bedouin<br />

preceded him and prayed before him. So he became angry and ordered his chamberlain to bring<br />

the Bedouin before him, and he ordered him:<br />

‐Respond to the Commander of the faithful!<br />

‐I do not go to him, for I am in no need of him! He must <strong>com</strong>e to me, for he is in need of me!<br />

The chamberlain went to al‐Rashid (and told him of the Bedouin’s words), and he said: “He is<br />

truthful!”<br />

Then he went to him. When he approached him, he greeted him and asked him:<br />

‐O Bedouin, shall I sit down?<br />

‐Do not ask permission from me, for the place does not belong to him; it is the House of Allah; He<br />

has installed it for His servants. If you like to sit down, then sit down; if you like to go away, then<br />

go away!<br />

[1] Tuhaf al‐'Uqool, pp. 407‐408.<br />

Harun al‐Rashid sat down while he was furious and angry and scolded the Bedouin, saying:<br />

‐Woe unto you! Are you the one who vies with the kings?<br />

‐Yes; and I have knowledge to which you must listen!<br />

‐Therefore, I am going to ask you. If you cannot (answer my questions), I will harm you!<br />

‐Does your question belong to a learned one or to an obstinate one?<br />

‐Rather a question belongs to a learned one!<br />

‐Sit down and question.<br />

‐Tell me: What is your (religious) duty?<br />

‐Surely the (religious) duty is one, five, seventeen, forty‐three, forty‐nine, one hundred and fifty‐<br />

three, one out of twelve, one out of forty, five out of two hundreds, one throughout the (life)<br />

time, and one for one.<br />

So Harun al‐Rashid laughed and sneeringly said:<br />

‐Woe unto you! I ask you about your (religious) duty while you answer in an arithmetical way!<br />

‐Do you not know that the whole of the religion is arithmetic; if the religion was not arithmetic,<br />

Allah would not prepare reckoning from creatures. Then he recited (these words of Him ): and<br />

though there be the weight of a grain of mustard seed, (yet) will We bring it, and sufficient are We<br />

to take account.<br />

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