Note 113 — Chapter XIV · Concerning the Doctrines held by the different sects of Ṣúfís.

Here follow two stories illustrating the same topic: the first relates how `Alí slept in the Prophet’s bed on the night of the latter’s emigration from Mecca, when the infidels were seeking to slay him; the second, how on the battle-field of Uḥud the wounded Moslems, though parched with thirst, preferred to die rather than drink the water which their comrades asked for.