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time that my face and body would
get covered with dust, but I kept
sitting till they awoke. Some of
the Companions [r] would say to
me, “
But ‘Abdullah, you are the
beloved cousin of the Prophet [s]!
You could have sent for us! Why
did you take the trouble of travel-
ling for so many days.
”
I said to them, “
I must come to
you, for I am a student and you
are my teachers.
”
Then some of them would ask
me how long I had been waiting
at their doorstep and I would
reply that I had been sitting there
for a very long time.
They would say, “
What a pity!
You could have awakened us
from our sleep
,” but I would reply
again, saying, “
I do not like to dis-
turb you for my own sake
.
A stu-
