-47-I returned and bought a white horse with no markings on its legs, for a white horse with no markings on its legs either shortens life or brings death quickly. I consulted men, and Al-Raty told me, "Take it, Said. What is unsuitable for one is unsuitable for the other." So I took it and brought it to Abrah, where the Huran stopped buying it. Then a tribe attacked them and took their property. A man rode it and pursued the tribe, caught up with them, and recovered the money. They bought it for a lot of cattle and sheep. Then the Sheikh arrived with the seven, accompanied by Al-Haj Abd al-Salam. The seven were bleating in the valley, led by Qaydum, Abu Jaddad, Baqa al-Sharaf al-Hindi, Mushtaq al-Utbah. The Sheikh was absent, and Lubna wept. The captives were in Al-Baraka, so I slept. When they increased, the Sheikh went to the paths and ordered the slaves to guard the seven. It is said among the people that there were five hundred slaves, each with a sword in his hand. He took off his hat and threw it, and they offered him silver. They had a chief, a soldier, and a tax collector. The enslaved horses were brought to Tali, Dar Barqwa, Dafur, Sinnar, and Awlad Ajib. Their concubines became lawful. Because of the abundance of livestock coming from Al-Zubair, they built two large enclosures for them. All day long they slaughtered them for guests and paid the evening meals. This did not affect them at all. The poor students complained to him about the wells, saying, "Fill them for us, O Umm Rissad." He replied, "Oh, how I miss you, Hassan. You meet the slaves and servants, and your poor brothers are looking for Umm Rissad." He said to the remaining ones, "Let each one have two sheep." The meals and sweets were eleven and thirteen. Sheikh Saleh said, "To clarify, some of the poor told me that I stayed with them for a year, and the number of them did not decrease, and I do not know what will remain after me." A man said, "My lord, my burden is in my religion. You did not save me from it, and you did not save me from the coffee cup." He said, "O Sheikh, I did not save him." The Sudanese said, "He eats with him, I did not save him." The Sheikh said, "I did not save him." The poor brothers said, "If they are unjust, they will be unjust with me. Hassan, their master, will not leave him." He raised his hand in the air and dropped something. He said, "Calculate enough for him, not more and not less." When his sermon was finished, it was said that his house was built of stone. His house is not like Sinnar, all of it is stone. The reception area is in front of the house. Sheikh Abd al-Sadiq said, "To Hassan, the famous scholar, Sheikh Hassan sent me to come to him. He said, 'We want to ask you about some matters.' So I traveled to him and found him absent. He said, 'I went to Al-Khala, and we were with Al-Makawi.' After a few days, I heard the noise in the village and the ululations. They said, 'Sheikh Hassan has arrived.' Then we went out to greet him, and he was a short man, with his hair styled, wearing a single garment, carrying a water skin in his hand. He entered the house, and when the sun set, it was cool.