Fayd ibn al-Khidr al-Awlasi

فيض بن الخضر الأولسي

Abu'l-Harith al-Awlasi, a singer in his youth until he fetched a pomegranate for a dying man on the roadside, who blessed him with 'God turn you in repentance!' — by evening he was transformed, and he attached himself to Ibrahim ibn Sa'd al-Zawi. He died at Tarsus 1.

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ascetic
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Anatolia
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Summary

Fayd b. al-Khidr, Abu'l-Harith al-Awlasi; he sang in his youth — then passed a sick man on the roadside who, asked what he craved, said 'pomegranates!' He fetched some, and the man said 'God grant you repentance!' — by evening he was changed from what he had been; he kept company with Ibrahim b. Sa'd al-Zawi, and died at Tarsus. 1

Sources

  1. al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi , p. 205
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