her demand. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه panicked and asked his Nafs, ‘O Nafs! What do you want?’ It replied, ‘I swear by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ I want to take advantage of this rare opportunity.’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied, ‘Woe unto you, do you want to waste my life-long worships? Do you seek the torment of the fire? Do you wish to wear the brimstone-garment of Hell? Do you desire the snakes and scorpions of Hell? Remember, a fornicator will be dragged with his face over the ground and be thrown into the cave of Hell.’

However, his Nafs as well as the woman insisted on satisfying their desire. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه then said to his Nafs, ‘Ok then let’s have a test to see whether or not you can tolerate the little fire of this world.’ Then he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه placed his hand over a burning oil lamp but it did not burn his hand. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه shouted in wrath, ‘O fire! What has happened to you, why do you not burn?’ Then the fire first burnt his thumb, then it melted his fingers, until it burnt his entire palm. Seeing this painful spectacle, the woman was stunned, she let out a loud scream which vanished in air, then she fell to the ground and her soul departed her body. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه immediately covered her naked body with a shawl.

Early next morning Satan announced loudly, ‘This worshipper sexually abused so and so last night and then murdered her.’ When the king heard this dreadful news he furiously arrived at the worshipper’s home with his troops. When they discovered the naked corpse of the woman, they dragged the worshipper outside with a chain around his neck. Then the troops demolished each and every brick of his house. The worshipper remained patient; he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه even hid his burnt hand beneath his clothing and did not let anyone see it. It was the custom to cut the body of a fornicator into two pieces with a saw. On the king’s order a saw was positioned above the worshipper’s head and his body was cut into two pieces. After