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Al-Fuḍayl ibn ‘Iyāḍ (d. 803 / AH 187, , full name ', was also known as ''Abu Ali'' and as ''al-Talaqani'') was a thief who renounced his crimes and became a Muslim ascetic. It is not uncommon to find his story confused with that of Fuḍayl Ibn Yahya, a contemporary who was the vizier to Harun al-Rashid.〔Hagiography in Tazkirat al-Awliyā, Attar of Nishapur〕 ==Early life and banditry== A number of birthplaces have been attributed to Fuḍayl, including Samarkand, Merv, Mosul and Balkh; meaning he could be identified as a Turkomen, Iraqi , Azeri etc.〔Politics and society during the early medieval period: collected works of Professor Mohammad Habib, Volume 1〕 Prior to his conversion, Fuḍayl led a group of bandits, or highwayman, in Syria and Khorasan, raiding caravans and robbing travelers.〔 Even during this time, he was a Muslim, keeping his five daily salat prayers, fasting as required and forbidding his men to uncover any women found among the victims.〔 During this time, he was deeply in love with a woman, and would often send her tokens from his stolen treasures.〔(:: Hazrat Abdul Fuḍayl Ibn Iyad (rahmatullah alayh) :: )〕 One story of his banditry has a rich merchant, fearful of running into bandits, mistake Fuḍayl for an honest man and ask him to hide the majority of his wealth lest bandits find him. As the merchant continued on his way, he was robbed of his remaining wealth by Fuḍayl's men. When the merchant returned to Fuḍayl to recover the majority of his wealth, he was dismayed to find the bandits who had robbed him there surrounding the man he had trusted; however Fuḍayl indicated that he was a god-fearing man, and would not betray his trust, therefore motioning the merchant to reclaim the wealth he had left in trust with him.〔 Fuḍayl was climbing a wall simply watching a passing caravan;〔 when Fuḍayl heard someone reciting the Quranic chapter of ''Al-Hadid'', and when he heard 57:16, which reads "Has not the Time arrived for the Believers that their hearts in all humility should engage in the remembrance of Allah and of the Truth which has been revealed (to them), and that they should not become like those to whom was given Revelation aforetime, but long ages passed over them and their hearts grew hard? For many among them are rebellious transgressors", he realised that he was a hypocrite to claim both submission to God, and banditry.〔〔Muwaqif Mushriqah fi Hayatis Salaf〕 With his new found piety, Fuḍayl left his criminal ways and wandered through the desert where he found a caravan camping - and overheard two men warning each other to be wary lest the bandit Fuḍayl ibn Iyad find them. Fuḍayl stepped out and introduced himself, acknowledging that he had repented and was no longer a danger.〔〔How to Win Your Wife's Heart. Ibrahim Ibn Saaleh al-Mahmud〕 After this, Fuḍayl tried to visit each of his known victims to repay them what he had stolen from them, and when he ran out of available goods, he visited them to beg their forgiveness. However one Jew refused to forgive him until he had been repaid, and ordered Fuḍayl to move a pile of dirt in front of his house to work off his debt. After several days of work, a hurricane blew away the pile of dirt, and Fuḍayl explained to the Jew that God had aided him. The Jew then placed a bag of dirt on his bed and asked Fuḍayl to bring it to him, and remarked upon discovering that the dirt had turned to gold that he now believed in the religion of Fuḍayl, and asked to become a Muslim.〔〔Jawami'ut Hika'at, Volume I, Part I〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al-Fuḍayl ibn ‘Iyāḍ」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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