Sayyiduna Shaykh Abu ‘Imran Waasiti رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْہِ has stated: I travelled from Makkah to Madinah with the intention of beholding the blessed grave of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ. On the way, I was so thirsty that I felt as if I would meet my death. Extremely tired, I sat under a thorny tree. All of a sudden, a person appeared, dressed in green and riding a green horse with a green rein and saddle. The cup he was holding was also green with a green beverage in it. Giving the beverage to me, he said, ‘Drink!’ I drank it in three breaths, but nothing reduced from the cup. Then he asked, ‘Where are you going to?’ I replied, ‘Madinah Munawwarah in order to say my Salam in the court of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ and Shaykhayn Karimayn, i.e. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُمَا.’ He said, ‘When you get there and say your Salam, say to those three esteemed personages that Ridwan (the angel who is the custodian of Heaven) has also conveyed his Salam to you.
(Raud-ur-Riyaheen, pp. 329)
May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on him and forgive us without accountability for his sake!
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