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He was devout and ascetic, accepting only small gifts like sorghum, dates, and nabq. A woman from the Qura people came to him, and he defeated her. It is said that she brought him fifty Ashrafia silver coins. When she gave them to him, he shouted, "Listen, O generous people of God! I am the thief of the land, and there is no thief but me. I eat what is available, even if it is Ashrafia." King Abd al-Salam al-Qawli came to him and said, "O Baba al-Hajj, I ask God to give me my father's land." When he turned to leave, Baba al-Hajj said to him, "Listen, O generous people of God! You have disciplined yourself with fire, and your father is with you in fire." So he refused to accept it. Sheikh Hamad al-Subai' came to him and said, "O father, I ask God to give me my father's land." Habib, son of al-Ajil, said to him, "You will not get it, but after him, you will own it for ten years and try it." And it was as he said. After Habib, he owned it for ten years, three of which were in ruin. A strange miracle happened to him with Idris, son of Sulaiman, King of the Saidab. The reason for this was that a man from the Qura people, known as Ma'ruf, son of al-Dawa, was given land by King Abd al-Salam. When Idris took over, he took it from him. Al-Hajj Ibrahim came to him in Qura at the time of his marriage to Sittana, daughter of Sheikh Habib. The faqih Hassan, son of Abd al-Rasul, said, "Sheikh Ibrahim came to us at the beginning of the noon prayer, while people were praying Friday. He carried his cloak on his shoulder and his staff on his back, with his hands clasped. All the faqihs and the generous people of the land went with him to the king. They spoke with him. Ma'ruf, the companion of Abd al-Salam, said to him, 'Help him to rule, and I will not give him back even an inch. Gather the sea and burn the sea in its image.' He got up from him angry and said, 'God willing, I will gather my brothers, the faqihs, and I will put it in my pocket.' The group asked him to spend the night with them so that he and his horse could rest. He did not stay. It is said that they went to Kuniya in a village called Umm Dukin. They drowned him in it, and the sea rose and overflowed, and the sorrow did not pass. He prayed against him, and the kingship did not pass from his lineage until our time. This incident occurred in the year seven after one thousand and is known to people as the Flood of al-Hajj. He died in the year al-Dhirā', at the age of one hundred and twenty years. He was older than his brother Ali and ruled for sixty years after Ali's death and passed away to the mercy of God Almighty. O Bab, son of Ali, son of Aun, and Sabī, his body was cleansed by ablution and washing. He embraced the beliefs and took the knowledge of fiqh from Sheikh Ali, son of Bari. He served him and prayed for him with a sincere disposition, and God benefited him with his knowledge. Journeys were undertaken to him for the knowledge of Tawhid and Sufism. The number of his students reached over a thousand students, from Dar al-Fayh to Dar Yirnu, his students and the students of his students. He wrote a book on the pillars of faith."

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