On the highway between Jeddah and Mecca, the condition would come upon him, and he would think to himself to stop in the middle of the road and throw himself in front of the cars, believing that no harm would befall him because he was one of the righteous saints of Allah. But when he reached the edge of the road, he would regain consciousness and move away, fleeing.

The condition recurred with him many times, and he would regain consciousness at the last moment.

One night, as he was walking to Mecca in a desolate desert, large dogs surrounded him and began to bark as if they wanted to attack him. Without speaking, he heard a sound like a whistle and a hiss, as if it were scolding them. They lowered their tails and ran away. He turned to see the source of the sound but saw no one! The desert stretched out, with no dwellings, houses, or people visible. He noticed that his tongue was constantly reciting Surah Al-Mulk, whether he was conscious or in a trance. He would recite "Tabarak" and, upon completing it, would automatically repeat it.

The condition returned to him in Mecca, so he walked to Jeddah. All of this happened in one day, after which he returned to Mecca. It was a single day, but it felt like a full year to him. The condition would attack him for a day or two, then leave him for a week, and then return. It would lessen and be at its mildest when he was in Mecca, unlike when he was in Yemen or Jeddah.

Once, the condition descended upon him, so he headed to Medina and reached the area of Badr, which is near Medina. He began walking in the desert in areas called Al-Safra and Al-Hamra, near Badr.

He kept walking and approaching shepherds, looking for work. The shepherds would see Abu Abdullah wearing clean, ironed clothes and would be afraid of him, thinking he was a detective or something similar. The cleanliness of his clothes suggested he was well-off, so why would he go to the desert to herd sheep?

He passed by a farm owner who had a well. He had two workers from Sudan who were working on repairing a water-pumping engine. They were covered in dirt from oil, grease, and black dust.

Abu Abdullah said, "I came with my clean, ironed clothes and my white ghutra."

And I said to them, "I want to work with you." The farm owner became suspicious and said, "I swear to God, aren't you from the intelligence agency? It's as if you've been sent to arrest our Sudanese workers and have them apprehended? But let me tell you, they have residency permits!" By "residency permits," he meant that they were residing in the Kingdom with official permits and that their documents were legal.

Anyway! He continued in this state for a week. Whenever he sat with someone in a restaurant, a workers' accommodation, or was received by someone, the condition would come upon him, and he would leave them and go.

He said, "Once, as I was walking, some people stopped their car in the middle of the desert and were talking. I went to them and asked them about a farm I had heard of called Al-Nahari Farm, and they said they needed workers."

They said, "It's far." I asked in which direction, and they pointed. As I was about to leave them and head in that direction, they stopped me and said, "If you find a car, get in, because the wolves will eat you. The road is full of them." This was known in those areas.

He said, "I kept wandering there in this state, without residency. And Allah Almighty saved me."

After the week was over, he regained consciousness and returned to Mecca on a Thursday.

He stayed at his home on Friday and Saturday. His brother Saleh asked him, "Where did you go and disappear to this past week?"