Alee went in the house, drew a bucket of water, and prayed to Allaah. After a while a slave brought food for him together with a lamp, a candle and a candlestick, a basin and left him there on his own. Alee lit the candle, ate his food and prayed his nightly prayers. He said to himself - "Take your bedding and go upstairs and sleep there. It will be better than here." So he took his bedding, went upstairs where he found a beautiful room. He spread his bed there and sitting on it started reciting Sublime Quraan, that he heard someone calling him and asking - "O Alee, son of Hasan, tell me, shall I send you down the gold?"

He asked - "Where will you send the gold?" But hardly had he spoken these words that the gold pieces began to rain down on him and did not stop until the room was full. Then said the voice - "Set me free so that I can go my way, because I have served with what I was entrusted to serve you." Alee said - "By Allaah, Tell me the reason of this gold rain." The voice said - "This is a treasure which was assigned to you in olden times and to everyone who entered the house we used to come and ask - "O Alee, O son of Hasan, Shall we send down the gold ?" If he got frightened and cried out, then we would come and break his neck and go away. But when you came, we confirmed you by your name and your father's name, saying "O Alee, O son of Hasan, Shall we send down the gold?" And when you answered us, we knew that you are the owner of this gold and so we sent it down to you. You still own another hoard in the land of Al-Yaman and you will safely reach there and get that money. Now I request that you to set me free."

Alee said - "By Allaah, I will not set you free until you bring me the second hoard here from the land of Al-Yaman. The voice asked - "If I bring that to you, will you release me and the servant of that other hoard?" Alee replied, "Yes." "Swear to me." And he swore to him. And when he was about to go away that Alee asked him - "I want to ask you one more thing, I have a wife and two children at Cairo in such and such place, you need to fetch them to me at their comfort." The voice said - "I will bring them to you with a caravan of eunuchs and servants together with the treasure of Al-Yaman." Then he went away for three days.

As soon as it was morning, Alee went around the room to see a place where he could store that gold. He found a marble dais with a turning-pin, so he turned the pin and the slab sank and showed him a door which he opened and found a large closet full of bags of coarse stuff carefully sewn, so he took out the bags and filled them with the gold and stored them in that closet till he stored all the gold. Then he shut the door, replaced the slab by turning the pin again, and went down and sat there.

Presently a knock came on the door, so he opened the door and found the slave of the merchant. When he saw Alee safe and sound, he returned immediately to give this good news to his master, "The merchant who lived in that haunted house is alive and well." The merchant was so happy to hear this news that he came there rushing with breakfast. He embraced him and asked him - "How is it that you are alive?"

Alee said - "I slept in the upper room." The merchant asked him - "Did something come to you or did you see anything?" Alee replied - "No, I just read a little of Sublime Quraan and slept till morning. In the morning I performed minor ablution and praying and sat down on the bench." The merchant was very happy, he exclaimed - "Praise be to Allaah." He immediately returned home and sent some people, handmaids, and servants to him. They cleaned that house and he left three white slaves and three black slaves and four slave girls there to serve him. When other merchants heard this they also sent him many gifts, even food and drink, took him to market asking when his baggage would arrive. He said - "It will surely come after three days."

When the term of the servant of the first hoard had elapsed, he came to him and said - "Go, and meet the treasure I have brought you from Al-Yaman together with your family. I have brought the part of that wealth in the form of merchandize, but all other people are of Genie." When the Genie came to Cairo, found his wife and children in utmost misery, naked and hungry, so he took them out of the city, adorned them very good clothes, gave them food to eat and asked them to go to the city to meet a caravan. So when Alee heard this that his caravan has come, he asked the merchants to come to the city to see his merchandize and meet his family.

So they all went to welcome his family along with their families. The merchants' families were astonished to see the attire of his family and talked to one another - "Even the King of Bagadaad has no such attires to wear." They all came to the house where Alee lived. They unloaded the goods from mules. They talked till noon then they brought food of best kind for all. They all ate and drank happily. Then they went home. They sent presents to all and they had many servants and provisions of all kinds. Alee's host asked his people to make arrangements for the people and the mules but Alee said - "There is no need to do that, they have already left for their further destination."

So Alee and his house owner sat and talked till one third of the night passed. Then the house owner went to his house and Alee went up to his wife and asked her what had happened in his absence. She told him all how she suffered with hunger and nakedness. "Then how did you come here?" She said - "One night when we were sleeping, suddenly somebody raised us from the ground and flew carrying us without hurting us, till he set us in a camping ground, where we saw a caravan of all boys and men.

So I asked them - "Who are you, where are we and what are these loads?" They said - "We are Alee's servants and he has sent us to fetch you to Bagadaad." I asked them, "Is it far or near?" "It is only one night far." They then placed us on a litter (a cloth with two side bars to carry a patient) and in the morning we found ourselves with you." "And who gave you these dresses?" The chief of the caravan opened one of the boxes on the mules and clad me in these dresses taken out from it. Then he gave me a key to hand it over to you." So she gave the key to Alee. Alee asked her if she knew the chest, she said, "Yes, I know it." He took her downstairs showed her the boxes, she pointed out to one of the boxes, "It was that box." He opened the box and found many clothes and the keys to other boxes. He started opening all the boxes, one after another, feasting his eyes on gems, precious metals, costly clothes etc. Then he locked all the boxes.

Then he took her to the secret slab, opened it and showed her the gold. She said surprisingly - "Where did this come from?" He said, "It all came by the grace of Allaah. When I left you in trouble, I took a ship from Bulaq to Dameettaa and then came to Damascus ..." He told her everything. She said - "Oh, So this comes to you by the boon of your father's blessings when he prayed for you before his death, "I pray Allaah to cast you into no straits except He grant you ready relief." But now you don't associate yourself with mean people."

Then they lived happily. He opened a shop in the merchants' Bazaar and soon he became the most considerable merchant of Bagadaad. His name reached to he King also and he summoned him in his court. He immediately got ready to go to the King with precious gifts such as no King had ever had, greeted him in the finest language he could. The King said - "You are increasing our glory with your presence." Then he presented the King four trays of gems. Seeing them the King got very pleased, he said - "Your gift is accepted." Alee went away, and the King called his Minister and asked him - "How many have asked our daughter in marriage?" "Many." "Has any of the given me gift like this?" "None of them." "I wish to marry my daughter to this merchant, what do you say?" "As you wish."

Then he showed those four trays to his queen. His wife asked him - "From which King you have got these jewels? Maybe one of those kings who want our daughter?" He said - "Not so. I have them from one of the Egyptian merchants. He has only recently come to our city. I called him so that we my buy some jewels for our daughter, he came to me with these four trays. He is a handsome youth of dignified aspect, intelligence and elegance. I wish to marry my daughter to him." So he slept with this resolve that he would marry his daughter to this merchant.

Next day he called Alee and other merchants, and his Deevaan and Qaazees and asked Qaazees to write the contract between his daughter and Alee. But Alee said - "How it is possible that a merchant can be the son-in-law of a King?" The King said - "It is my will, my wife's will and all our Vazeers will. And then he bestowed him with the robe and chair of Vazeer." Alee spoke - "I am honored by your offer, but I wish to say you one thing." "What?" "Since it is your wish to marry your daughter, it is better to marry her to my son."

The King asked - "Oh, Do you have a son?" "Yes." "Bring him here." Alee sent for his son who came and kissing the ground in an attitude of respect. The King found him yet comelier than his daughter. He asked him -"What is your name, Son?" "My name is Hasan, O Lord." He was only 14 years old. Then the king married his daughter to him. Alee's family was very happy with this.

Next morning Alee the Vazeer went to the King and the King said to him that he wanted to begin the marriage festivities. He replied, "As you feel appropriate." So the festivities for her marriage were celebrated in a grand way. The King built a palace for Hasan and his daughter near his palace.

One day the Queen said to the King - "Hasan's mother cannot live with her son and leave the Vazeer; nor she can leave Vazeer and live with her son." "You are right." So the King built a third palace beside Hasan's palace. They arranged Alee's baggage shift from his old house to his new palace, and they started living there. Now whoever wanted to see each other could see with ease. Thus time passed till one day that King fell ill. He called all his lords to consult about to whom to appoint as the King. They, with one voice, approved his daughter's husband, Hasan, to be the King of his kingdom. "We have seen him very well, he is good." So the King called the Qaazee to perform all the necessary rites to appoint him as a King.

When Hasan was called and let know this development, he said - "But there are many other older people and of greater worth than myself. My father is older to me and it does not befit me to advance over him." But Alee said - "I consent to all people and the King." And Hasan was made King. When everything was over, Hasan went to his father-in-law and kissed his hands. The King said - "Rule over the kingdom with the fear of Allaah." And after the King's death Hasan ruled with order and affection. He had three sons who inherited the kingdom after him."

End of Story No 66