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- 75 -He followed him and took him as an Imam, and they benefited from his way, his counsel, and sought his help in important matters. Among these is that the farmers of Al-Mahs in Tuti, after their crops failed to reach the human stomach, a sandy island appeared between the water and the irrigation canals. They brought their troubles and misfortunes and their needs to him and said, "We cannot stay in this land after our crops have been ruined due to lack of water." So he went with them, rode a donkey, and struck the sea with his staff, saying, "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, O Sheikh Ahmed Ibn Al-Nasri." He recited his Hizb once, and at that moment the sea surged, the island disappeared, the irrigation canals filled, and the people remained in their places by his blessing. This miracle has remained until our time, the year nineteen after two thousand. His staff was made of iron, and whenever it was placed where the water was scarce, the sand would disappear and the water would surge immediately. Among these is that a man came and said to him, "My lord, I came to you as a visitor with a load of salt, and it sank in the sea." He said to him, "We are in great need of it. Go to the place where it sank." The man returned to the spot, and they dived into the sea and found the salt as it was, and the load was as it was. Among these is that Al-Faqih Abd Al-Dafi' came with a group to perform the prayer of forty with him, which is a famous prayer among them, to which people gather from the tenth of Sha'ban until Ramadan. One day they went to serve Sheikh's crops, and they had a boat with them, but the sea was between them and the crops. They crossed the sea to the crops. When they finished, they could not find the boat, and the time for the noon prayer had come. The boat was on the eastern side at that hour, and there was no one to bring them. The Sheikh, may Allah be pleased with him, missed them for the prayer, so he turned towards them, looking at them. Just then, a boatman came and took the boat until he brought them across. They got into it and came, and found the Sheikh ready for the noon prayer, so they prayed with him. Among these is that Fatima bint Ubaid became severely ill, and was on the verge of death. Al-Faqih Al-Nour came to him and said, "My lord, Sheikh Hassan, revive the dead now. Your Lord is asking us to ask Allah to revive us by your permission." She said, "By Allah's decree, she will be born." Al-Faqih Al-Nour resolved to take some water from the water skin and sprinkle it on her. She was brought to the people of the state of racing. In the latter part of the night, she spoke to Al-Nour in a weak voice and said, "I am Tablah. I saw Sheikh Khawjali standing by this chest and he struck me with his staff and said, 'Be strong.'" Then Al-Faqih Al-Nour got up one night, rode, and went to Tuti. He found Al-Faqih Ahmed Ibn Al-Sheikh coming to the mosque. He said to him, "Good news, Bint Ubaid is well." Al-Faqih Ahmed said, "Sheikh Sad Al-Halwa is upon him until now." He said, "I was probably fighting with the angel of death over the soul of Bint Ubaid, so he left her to me, and Fatima, the aforementioned, praised."

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