2.6.5.2 - Eating on Behalf

When he came to Granada he stayed with the Shaykh Abu Marwan whom he had known when they were together with Abu Madyan. Abu Marwan had personally witnessed a cure effected by Abu Madyan’s companions on one of their number. This he had related to his companions in Granada. Therefore, when Abu Muhammad arrived the people gathered in the house to see him and a table was laid out with dishes of curdled milk and honey. The host’s son, however, had gone out early that morning to an outlying village and it grieved the company that he was not present to partake of the food with them.