Archive image from page 635 of Discovery Discovery discovery0304londuoft Year: 286 DISCOVERY him that 'Abdii'l-Latif had remonstrated with him for coming to his village and had bade him remain in his own neighbourhood. Doubtless jealousy was at the root of this ill-feeling. A few- days later the servant noticed very early in the morning that his master's fingers were all burnt at the tips. He immediately questioned him as to the cause of this injury, and the sheikh told him that it was his custom to go every night to all the sheikhs' tombs in the neighbourhood and light candles for them, an
Archive image from page 635 of Discovery Discovery discovery0304londuoft Year: 286 DISCOVERY him that 'Abdii'l-Latif had remonstrated with him for coming to his village and had bade him remain in his own neighbourhood. Doubtless jealousy was at the root of this ill-feeling. A few- days later the servant noticed very early in the morning that his master's fingers were all burnt at the tips. He immediately questioned him as to the cause of this injury, and the sheikh told him that it was his custom to go every night to all the sheikhs' tombs in the neighbourhood and light candles for them, and that while he was engaged in this pious work his fingers got burnt. The Sheikh Suliman is now dead, but his piet}' is still remembered. He is buried in his native village, but six other tombs are erected to his memory in various parts of the country. Moreover, the inhabitants of his village hold a niulid every year in his honour. Fig. 3.—tomb of the sheikh Aiuiri. 1,1/,..;, ,,_,.i, HI. SHEIKH ON THE LEFT. One of the most celebrated Moslim saints in Egypt is the Sheikh Ahmed el-Bedawi of Tanta, where a great mulid is celebrated in his honour every year. It lasts for a week and is attended by thousands of people from all over the country. Huge sacrifices of sheep and oxen are made at the saint's tomb on this occasion, while his devotees seize the opportunity of invoking his aid for every possible want, and for protection from every form of evil fortune. A False Wife Shown Up The following story connected with the sheikh was recounted to me this year by one who vouches for its truth. There was once a darwlsh (a member of a Muhammadan religious order) who lived in a village near Tanta, and whose custom it was to pay a yearly visit to the tomb of the Sheikh Ahmed el-Bedawi on the occasion of his mulid. The darinsh always took sheep and oxen with him to slay at the sacred tomb, besides bringing other offerings. One year, when the time of the null id approached,
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