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After passing the Black Stone, they returned to the original formation, with Umm Abdallah's sister on his right and Abd al-Qadir on his left. This is a common procedure in the crowdedness of pilgrims; for each group of pilgrims to maintain a kind of cohesion. This arrangement continued until they finished the Tawaf.
Abd al-Qadir searches for a one-eyed Imam: After performing the Umrah rituals, they stayed at the house of Abu Abdallah's full brother, Saleh. On the second day, the iftar was in the evening at the head of Abu Abdallah's family, Ali Mahdi. We must not forget that we are living in the atmosphere of Ramadan.
After eating dinner, Abd al-Qadir claimed to have a relative – his aunt's husband, or perhaps his maternal aunt's husband – who was one-eyed. He had left Eritrea fifty years ago, yes, fifty years! And he was working as an Imam in one of the mosques in Mecca in the Al-Utaybiyah area.
Abu Abdallah skipped the Taraweeh prayer with the intention of praying Qiyam al-Layl for him, as on that day he followed Sheikh Al-Albani's opinion on determining the number of rak'ahs for Qiyam. They went, and their search delayed them until they missed the Qiyam al-Layl prayer as well. Abd al-Qadir caused them to miss the Qiyam prayer on a blessed night.
They searched Al-Utaybiyah, asking everyone they met, until it was the turn of an elderly man who had passed seventy. He was later known to be named Salem Ba Wazir, of Hadrami origin, who owned an electrical supplies store. When asked if he knew a one-eyed Abyssinian Imam, he informed them that his time in Al-Utaybiyah was from its early beginnings. He knew many details about Al-Utaybiyah and knew it house by house, and had not heard of an Imam for a mosque there with such characteristics.
"And so, the bride cut off the speech of all the orators."
Abd al-Qadir then engaged him in conversation in a strange and suspicious manner at the same time, and this continued for about an hour, then they left him.
In one of the crowded markets of Mecca, with men and women, Abu Abdallah and Abd al-Qadir suddenly felt security forces apprehending them, demanding documents proving their legal and proper entry into Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, Abu Abdallah did not have his identification papers on him at the time, so he was arrested and dragged into the car in a humiliating manner.
Was Abd al-Qadir searching for a shadow like himself in Mecca to find a foothold? An Imam?! .. One-eyed?! .. Eritrean?! Does he have a connection to magic?! As is the custom of sorcerers to link their presence to a similar attraction. Or did he want to distract Abu Abdallah from Qiyam al-Layl, and hint to him about the topic of the Dajjal?