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ND here is a similar love story.

It is said that ʾAbd-Allâh-ibn-Muʾaʾmr, el-Kîsy, used to tell the following tale:—

I one year made the pilgrimage to the Sacred House of God; and when my pilgrimage was ended, I determined to visit the tomb of the Prophet. And one night while I was sitting between the tomb and the Ráwdat, lo, I heard some one sighing