They said to him,
The people are gathering at Arafah. We hope for their prayers.
Habib Alwi Bin-Shihab said,
Rather they are in need of ours.
When caravans from Hajj arrived in Tareem sometime later,
the pilgrims reported,
We were at Arafah,
And there was a hail.
But suddenly it stopped.
.
من الكتاب
الفوائد المختارة
للحبيب زين بن سميط
ما عندنا شيء يا أحباب
ولا ريح ولا تراب
O dearly beloveds,
we are nothing at hand,
Not wind, not sand.
*Pic of Habib Alwi Bin-Shihab from a house of Bilfagih in Serangoon, Singapore.
