"Habib had one cloak that he used to wear both summer and winter. One day, when he went out of his house to make ablutions, he left his cloak behind on the road.
Hasan al-Basri came by and saw Habib's cloak lying in the middle of the road. He thought to himself, "Habib has left his cloak; may G-d forbid that someone take it." Hasan stood there and watched watched over it until Habib returned.
When Habib arrived, he greeted Hasan and and said "O Imam of the Muslims, what are you doing standing there?" In reply, Hasan exclaimed: "Don't you know that your cloak should not left here? Someone might take it. Tell me, in whom were you trustuing leaving it here?"
Habib smiled, and replied: "In He who appointed you to watch over it."
Al-'Ajami (Sufi Mystic)
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