Ali Ataie – The Town Drunkard Who Allah Loved

There was a certain man who was the

town drunk and this man died and the

people of the town refused to have him

buried. So this poor man's wife, she took

her husband's body and dragged it out to

the desert. And Arif Bilalah, a Gnostic is

walking by and helps her. And then the

wife says, do you know who this husband

of mine was? He was the town drunk.

He said, I don't know about that. But

what I do know is last night I

had a dream and a voice told me

that tomorrow you're going to be walking in

the desert. You're going to see a woman

trying to bury her husband. Help her. Her

husband is a man of Jannah. And then

the people of the town approached this man's

wife. How can this man be a man

of Jannah? And she said, I can think

of 3 things. He was never devoid of

2 or 3 orphan. That he cared for

more than his own children. In the morning

when he would wake up from his wine,

he would go take a shower and then

he would go pray salatul fajr in the

masjid. And when he would come home at

night from his wine, he would fall on

his knees and say, Oh God, which corner

of * are you going to fill with

this wretched servant of yours? And he would

make tawba to Allah.