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They took me and brought me to him. I stayed with him for some days, intending to leave, but I recovered. I was with him on the upper roof when some poor people met me and said, "Our camels have died of hunger." I raised my hand to the sky, and it was filled with dinars, which I threw to them. The Sharif became jealous and wanted to rob me, but he could not. He said to me, "In your country, there is a fort called Al-Durrubah, where there is a man called Qantur al-Himar. You can dig wells there and herd livestock for you." The Sheikh said, "The Sharif, when he failed to rob me, tempted me with worldly possessions. I am not like the first Hassan; I have reduced my engagement with the world." Then the Sheikh said, "During our travels in Sham, we stayed with a man. His neighbor said to him, 'Will you not share with me?' He replied, 'I will share my adornment with you.' I said, 'Glory be to God! We come to a land where the guest is adorned.'" It is said, and God knows best, that the reason for the Sheikh's wealth was that he wanted to buy a white horse without a blaze. He was told, "A blaze without a blaze means a quick death or sudden poverty." He consulted a man called Al-Rutbi. He said, "A miserable person does not ride, and a miserable person does not ride." So he bought it and brought it to Tibrah among the Hamran. They hesitated to buy it. Then a group attacked them and drove away their livestock. A man rode the horse, repelled the attackers, and recovered the livestock. They accepted it for a large sum of cattle and sheep. Then the Sheikh came with the herd, bringing Haj Abd al-Salam with him. The herd was grazing from Abqadum to Ibjadad. The Sharif al-Hindi, who was in charge of the pass, came. The Sheikh milked milk for him, and he drank until he was satisfied. He prayed for him for blessings. Hassan said, "This is my wealth, where shall I take it?" Then, when the livestock increased, he went to Al-Durrubah. He ordered the water carriers to bring water, and Qantur al-Himar brought a well and the slaves. He mounted them on horses and said, "Guard my herd with them." The people say that there were five hundred slaves, each carrying a sword with a silver hilt, pommel, and scabbard. They had a leader, a soldier, and a commander. The trained horses were taken to Taqali, Barq, Darfur, Sennar, Awlad Ajib, and Ruqayqah, and became lawful. Due to the abundance of visitors, they built two large enclosures. All day long, animals were brought out for slaughter and distribution, and the two enclosures were filled in their place. The poor people in the hermitages complained, saying, "We are being given salt from Umm Rasad." He said, "What is wrong with you, Hassan? You deal with slaves and servants, and your brothers are given salt from Umm Rasad." He told the gatekeeper, "Each hermitage has two sheep every day." There are eleven or thirteen hermitages. Sheikh Saleh, son of Ban al-Niqa, said, "Some poor people told me that I stayed with them for a year, and the number did not decrease. After me, no one knows what will happen." A man came and said to him, "Sir, you have helped me with my debt. So-and-so, son of Ajib, does not bring you anything from the Fung. The Fung does not bring you anything." He said, "I have saved you." The man said, "You have not saved me." He said, "O Sheikh, I have not saved him." He said, "I have saved him." He said to a Sudanese man, "You dog, I have not saved him." He said, "He has not saved him." He wept and said, "My brothers..."