Storm

Storm – أخبار الحمقى

Ibn al-Jawzi strikes again with another funny incident:

خرج قوم من قريش إلى أرضهم وخرج معهم رجل من بني غفار
فأصابهم ريح عاصف يئسوا معها من الحياة
ثم سلموا فأعتق كل رجل منهم مملوكاً
فقال ذلك الأعرابي‏:‏ اللهم لا مملوك لي أعتقه ولكن امرأتي طالق لوجهك ثلاثاً‏‏

Some people from Quraish were traveling back to their land and they were severely affected by a strong wind to a point where they were not able to withstand it.

Finally, the wind subsided so each of them demonstrated his gratitude by freeing a slave they owned.

A Bedouin who was among them did not have a slave so he said:

“O Lord, I do not own a slave yet, but I would like to show my gratitude to You, by divorcing my wife for your sake – three times!”

[“Akhbar al-Hamqa”, 1/115].