A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Abu Nu’aym Ahmad ibn ‘Abdullah al-Aswbahani ( r.a. ) recorded, in his Hilyat al-Awliya’ , on the authority of Sayyidina ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-A‘asw ( r.a. ), that Rasulullah ( s.a.w. ) said, “The Akhyar amongst my ummah in every century are five hundred, and the Abdal are forty and their number does not increase.   Neither the five hundred nor forty diminish in number.   When one amongst the forty Abdal dies, Allah ( s.w.t. ) Replaces him with one of the five hundred.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   It is recorded, in Swahih al-Bukhari , that Sayyidina ‘Atha’ ibn Yasar ( r.a. ) narrated, “I came across ‘Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-A’asw, and asked him to tell me about the description of Allah’s Messenger ( s.a.w. ) in the Torah.   He said, ‘By Allah, he is indeed described in the Torah with some of the qualities attributed to him in the Qur’an.   It is said in the Torah, ‘O Prophet!   We have Sent you as a witness for Allah’s True religion, a giver of glad tidings to faithful believers, a warner to unbelievers and as a guardian of the illiterate.   You are My slave and My Messenger.   I have Named you ‘al-Mutawakkil’.   You are neither discourteous, harsh nor a noise-maker in public.   You do not do evil to those who do evil to you, but you deal with them forgivingly and kindly.   Allah will not let you die until, through you, He Straightens the crooked by Making them admit that none has the right...