Jabir ra said, "Rasulullah PBUH met us and told us," Jibril just left my place.  He said, "O Muhammad, for the sake of the One Who Sent you with the truth, Allah had a servant who had worshiped Him for 500 years. He lived on a hill that was 30 x 30 cubits wide and was surrounded by an ocean of 4000 farsakhs.  from all directions (1 farsach = 8 km or 3.25 miles) The hill had a spring as big as a thumb that had clear water for the worshiper. He lived at foot of the hill. For food purposes, a pomegranate tree each time  at night gave him one ripe fruit.

He spent his days in worship. When evening came, he came down from the top of the hill and performed ablution. Then he took another pomegranate to eat then prayed. Before dying he asked Allah to take his life when he was prostrating and asked him not to allow the earth or other objects to damage his body, until he was resurrected on the Day of Resurrection,  remaining in a state of prostration.  Jibril said, "So Allah granted his request. We always passed it when we came down (to earth) and when we went back up (to the sky).

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Translated from "101 Kisah Teladan"  written by  Muhammad Amin al-Jundi, Indonesian translation by Safrudin Edi Wibowo, Lc