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The writing of these papers began some time ago, after his wife noticed those strange coincidences, starting from the day of their marriage contract, the day of their wedding, the day of her husband's birth, and the day he completed memorizing the Holy Quran, and other events, all of which coincided with Sunday. She drew her husband's attention to this, and he had not yet paid attention to this matter. After that, Abu Abdullah became attentive to Sunday; he would write down the events that befell him in his life and record them. However, he burned all the events he had recorded in those papers while in a state of unconsciousness due to the effect of magic. The matter escalated until the magic almost affected the entire household, with varying degrees of impact on each individual. Abu Abdullah's mother also received her share of this affliction. He read upon her, and a jinn spoke through her tongue, vowing to destroy the entire household, especially her son, Abdullah. Abu Abdullah says: My father came to me once and ordered me to pray Duha, while we were all under the influence of magic. I told him: I will not pray. He said: Then he beat me severely with a gas hose (a gas pipe cleaner), and only my brother Ali, who stood as a barrier between me and him, prevented him from hitting me. Then my father went directly to a closet where his weapon was and brought it to kill me. My brother Ali stood at the apartment door and did not allow him to enter, and we were all under the influence of magic. A neighbor heard the commotion and came quickly and called my father, who took him out of the house. The situation calmed down, and God saved us. However, that neighbor's wife was later bewitched to death as a punishment for him for foiling the attempt to kill Abu Abdullah through his father's magic. Abu Abdullah decided to leave the house, and even Yemen, and decided to travel to the Hijaz. He entered Saudi Arabia by smuggling. When he regained consciousness, he would ride with taxis for ten kilometers or more, then lose consciousness and walk back that distance. He continued in this state, and it was only with great difficulty that he reached Mecca. When he reached Jeddah, he led people in prayer for several days in the mosque of Nur al-Yaqeen, located at the roundabout of the star. Before that, he used to lead people in prayer at the Durmahi Commercial Center in his mosque, Nur al-Iman. One day, the magic returned, and he walked from Jeddah to Mecca on foot. During that time, he passed by a very large well from which water tankers were filled. Under the influence of the magic, he would tell himself that if he fell into the depths of the bottomless well, nothing would happen to him because he was one of the righteous saints of God. So, when he stood on its edge, he would regain consciousness and run away. This happened to him repeatedly, and he would regain consciousness at the last moment.

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