of his Lord. One day, as he was leaving the masjid, his gaze inadvertently fell upon a young woman in the street, and for a moment, his heart was inclined towards her. However, he immediately felt remorse and raised his hands in the court of Allah to supplicate: "O my Lord! You have bestowed upon me the gift of sight, a tremendous blessing. Yet I fear that these eyes may lead me into torment and become the cause of my destruction. O my Lord! Take away my sight."

As soon as he finished his supplication, his vision was gone, and he became blind. From then on, his nephew would accompany him, guiding him to the masjid at prayer times and assisting him with other needs. His nephew would leave him at the masjid and then go off to play with other children, and returned when called for assistance. Time passed in this manner.

Once, while he was in the masjid, he felt something crawling on his body. He called out to his nephew, but the boy was busy playing with other children. He feared it might cause him harm, so he turned to Allah once more, saying, "O my master! I now fear that if my sight is not restored, it will become a source of trial and humiliation for me. Since I cannot see, a harmful creature could injure me, and I constantly require the assistance of others to meet my needs, which I find to be a great tribulation. O my Generous Lord! Please restore my sight so that I may be saved from humiliation and dependency on others."

Sayyidunā Mālik b. Anas رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ  states:

He had not yet finished his supplication when his sight was restored, and he returned home without the help of others. I witnessed him in both conditions: when his vision had been taken away, and later when, through the blessings of his supplication, the gift of sight was bestowed upon him once more. Just as before, he would travel to the masjid by himself and engage in the worship of his Generous Lord.^[1]