
Ibrahim Ibn Adham
A pauper was passing on the way heavily drunk, his face covered with dust. On seeing him. Ibrahim began cleaning the man’s mouth remarking, “The mouth that is used in repeating the name of the Lord must always remain clean”. Upon becoming sober the man was ashamed of his deeds, he repented and gave up drinking. That night Ibrahim saw in his dream that angels came with news to him that since he had washed the mouth of the pauper, the Lord had cleansed his heart of evil thoughts in return for the good done by him.
Once Ibrahim was crossing the river by boat and a storm set in. The people were terrified. Ibrahim took out the Quran from his pocket and said, “If the boat sinks then this book will be lost, but this cannot be”. Instantly, the Divine Voice was heard, “We shall not let the boat sink”.
Miracles of the Saints
One day a person inquired of Ibrahim what he gained by leaving the kingdom of Balkh. Ibrahim at the time was seated by the bank of a river. He threw his needle in to the water and commanded the fish to bring it to him. Thousands of fish came back to him with gold needles; however Ibrahim said that he wanted his own. In response to this a small fish brought the one that belonged to Ibrahim. Thereupon Ibrahim told the man, “This is the smallest grade that has been conferred upon me as a result of my renouncing the kingdom of Balkh”. (Tadhkeratul Auliya)

