Sheikh Tawoos al-Haramain narrates: “I had been standing near Masjid al-Haram in Makkah when I witnessed a Bedouin advancing on his camel. When he reached the mosque, he dismounted, made his camel sit down, tied its two knees and then, raising his head towards the sky, implored: “O’ Lord! I entrust unto You this camel and the load that lies upon it.” Then he entered Masjid al-Haram. When he had circumambulated the Ka’bah and offered his prayers, he came out of the mosque and found his camel missing. He looked up towards the sky.
“It has been said in the holy Shari’ah that property should be sought from one, unto whom it has been placed as trust. I had entrusted my camel unto You, so return my camel to me,” he said. Hardly had he uttered these words when I observed that someone emerged from behind the mountain of AbuQubais, with the rein of a camel in the left hand and the right hand severed and suspended from his neck. He came close to the Bedouin.
“O’ Youth! Take hold of your camel,” he said.
“Who are you and how did you land up in this state?” asked the Bedouin.
“I was impoverished and needy and hence stole your camel,” said the stranger. “I went behind the mountain of Abu Qubais when I suddenly noticed a rider coming towards me. As he came closer to me, he shouted out: Bring your hand forward. When I had extended my hand, he severed it with a stroke of his sword and, hanging it on my neck, said to me: Return this camel to its owner immediately.”( Rahnama-e-Sa’adat, Volume 2, Page 272; Khulasatul Akhbar, Page 526 )