[Machine] "So I prayed and sat behind him, and when it was late at night or early in the morning, he said, 'O Allah, I have asked You for three things, and You have given me two and withheld one. O Allah, grant me that one so that I may worship You as I love or as I desire.' Then when the dawn broke, he turned and saw me and said, 'You have been here since last night? And you have kept watch over me.' I said, 'Leave this matter alone, for by Allah, you must tell me about these three things or I will inform others about what you have done.' He said, 'Keep it to yourself.' I then made a promise to him not to inform anyone until he died. He said, 'I asked Allah to remove the love of women from my heart, and by Allah, I do not care about any woman I see or any wall. And I asked that I not fear anything other than Him, and I asked Him to remove sleep from me so that I may worship Him day and night as I wish, and He withheld these from me.'"  

فَصَلَّى وَجَلَسْتُ خَلْفَهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ أَوْ فِي السَّحَرِ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي سَأَلْتُكَ ثَلَاثًا فَأَعْطَيْتَنِي اثْنَتَيْنِ وَمَنَعْتَنِي وَاحِدَةً اللَّهُمَّ فَأَعْطِنِيهَا حَتَّى أَعْبُدَكَ كَمَا أُحِبُّ أَوْ كَمَا أُرِيدُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا بَرَقَ الْفَجْرُ الْتَفَتَ فَرَآنِي فَقَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مُنْذُ اللَّيْلَةِ هَا هُنَا وَإِنَّكَ لَتُرَاعِينِي قَالَ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَشَقَدَ لِسَانَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ دَعْ هَذَا فَوَاللَّهِ لَتُخْبِرَنِّي بِهَذِهِ الثَّلَاثِ أَوْ لَأُخْبِرَنَّ بِمَا صَنَعْتَ قَالَ فَاكْتُمْ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ لَهُ عَلَى أَنْ لا أُخْبِرَ بِها أحَدًا حَتّى يَمُوتَ قالَ: سَألْتُ اللَّهَ أنْ يُذْهِبَ حُبَّ النِّساءِ مِن قَلْبِي فَواللَّهِ ما أُبالِي امْرَأةً رَأيْتُ أوْ حائِطًا، وسَألْتُ أنْ لا أخافَ شَيْئًا غَيْرَهُ، وسَألْتُهُ أنْ يُذْهِبَ عَنِّي النَّوْمَ حَتّى أعْبُدَهُ فِي اللَّيْلِ والنَّهارِ كَما أشاءُ فَمَنَعَنِيها