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One day, Abu Abdullah entered his house and found his father, his wife's father, and all of them had come to visit Abu Abdullah's wife after she had given birth.
After sitting and inquiring about their news and conditions, Abu Abdullah stared at his father's face and said to him: Listen.
He said: Yes.
He said: Tomorrow I will be brought to the execution square and executed. The tone of his speech and the inflection of his voice exuded seriousness and gravity.
His father said to him: Why?
He said: They will accuse me of some charge and execute me directly!! And I advise you from now on, I have debts to people, and I hope you will pay them off for me.
The father said, surprised: My son! Instead of me advising you to pay off debts, you are advising me to pay off your debts?
He said: I am speaking to you seriously and not joking. The atmosphere in the house became as if the news was true, and they began to take the matter seriously.
They almost believed it at first; they began to wonder how this would happen?! By what right?! They remained silent about it for days.
One day, Abu Abdullah stood before his family as an orator and said: Listen! By God, I am as innocent as the wolf is from the blood of the son of Jacob. Tomorrow they will bring me to the execution square, and they will accuse me of committing indecency while I am married, and by God, I have not committed indecency my whole life.
Everyone remained in a state of shock, their faces sad and gloomy; some were crying, and some did not believe it. A flood of questions began about the circumstances of the matter.
Then it occurred to the father that his son had been bewitched. So he took him and read over him, and over Abu Abdullah's brother.
Abu Abdullah woke up smelling a foul odor emanating from his mouth, and discovered he had been bewitched. However, as soon as he woke up and became agitated, he would calm down and forget.
When his condition worsened, the magic began to take revenge on Abu Abdullah's culture and knowledge, so it made him burn his books with his own hand.
He burned the book "Al-Fitan" by Nu'aym ibn Hammad, and the book "Uqad al-Durar" (35).
Such is the anger and wrath of the devils from these books.
Yes, those books can be compensated for, but there are seventeen pages that Abu Abdullah still regrets burning; for in them was recorded a series of events that recurred with him of the successes and conquests that happened to him every Sunday in most weeks.
It is not hidden that these two titles are among rare books, most explanatory and clarifying of the matter of the Mahdi, peace be upon him. Some traditional scholars even go so far as to deny their authenticity. It is as if the matter is being managed by the Dajjal, whether it is the burning or the questioning of their authenticity! And God knows best.