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Because the pious are regarded as strange, it is possible that some of them be accused of insanity just as Owais was accused. Aboo Muslim Al-Khawlaanee would frequently perform dhikr, his tongue would always move in the remembrance of Allaah and so a man asked one of his colleagues:
There is a hadeeth in which the Prophet (saw) said:
[Extracted from "The Journey Of The Strangers", p. 97, translated By Ustaadh Aboo Rumaysah]
“Is your friend mad?”
Aboo Muslim replied:
“No, my brother, rather this is the cure for madness!”
['Abdullaah Ibn Ahmad, Zawaa'id Al-Zuhd, p. 384]
There is a hadeeth in which the Prophet (saw) said:
“Remember Allah until they say ‘he is mad!‘ “
al-Hasan said:
“… He would say they have lost their minds; yes, they have lost their minds, but to a matter far greater than their suspicions. By Allaah, in the pursuit of it they have no time for your worldly lot!”
It is in this regard that the poem said:
By love’s sanity! I find none to replace You,
O master! I have no objective save You.
Talking about You makes them say, ‘He is malady!’
I say, ‘May that malady never leave me!’
O master! I have no objective save You.
Talking about You makes them say, ‘He is malady!’
I say, ‘May that malady never leave me!’
[Extracted from "The Journey Of The Strangers", p. 97, translated By Ustaadh Aboo Rumaysah]