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Hadrat Sayyiduna Yusuf bin Husain – may Allah be pleased with him – narrates that he heard Hadrat Sayyiduna Abu Turab Nakhshi – may Allah be pleased with him – state:

 

I never allowed my carnal desires to dedicate to me or to overpower me. I continued to fight against my Nafs. However, once during a journey, my Nafs fought against me and continued insisting that I eat bread and egg. As much as I resisted, it continued to force me to eat these items. I then travelled to a nearby city.

 

As I entered this city, someone saw me and shouted, “This is the thief! This is the thief grab hold of him!”

 

People suddenly surrounded me and started to whip me from all directions. When nearly eighty lashes had been given to me, suddenly a person who recognized me shouted to the people, “O people! This is the famous Saint of his era, Hadrat Sayyiduna Abu Turab Nakhshi – may Allah be pleased with him”.

 

When the crowd heard this, they all stopped and began to apologize to me. One person then took me to his house and placed hot bread and eggs in front of me. When I saw these items, I said to my Nafs, “O Nafs! Your desire has been fulfilled after been whipped. Therefore, only now you may eat.” (Uyunul Hikaayah)