Al-Hujwiri records in Kashf al-Mahjub a remarkable account connected with Malik ibn Dinar رحمه الله. During a sea journey, a jewel went missing aboard the ship and Malik was accused of taking it. The report says that fish then appeared at the surface carrying jewels in their mouths, Malik took one jewel and gave it to the claimant, and afterward he walked over the water until he reached the shore.
Al-Hujwiri records in Kashf al-Mahjub a memorable karamah concerning Malik ibn Dinar رحمه الله during a sea journey. According to the account, a jewel belonging to someone on the ship went missing. Suspicion fell upon Malik, and he was accused of having taken it. The journey, which had begun as an ordinary passage across the sea, suddenly became a moment of public accusation in front of the people on board.
The report says that Malik ibn Dinar turned his attention toward the sky. Soon afterward an extraordinary scene appeared on the surface of the sea. Fish came up from the water carrying jewels in their mouths. The sight directly answered the situation that had arisen on the ship, as the missing jewel and the accusation against Malik had placed him at the center of the dispute.
Malik then took one jewel from the fish and handed it to the person who had made the claim. The account presents the matter without describing any ordinary search through the ship or any conventional recovery of the lost item. Instead, the jewel brought by the fish became the striking turning point of the story and removed the immediate demand that had been made against him.
The account does not end there. After giving the jewel, Malik ibn Dinar is reported to have stepped from the ship onto the sea itself. He then walked over the surface of the water until he reached the shore. This second scene gives the story another extraordinary feature: first the fish appearing with jewels, and then Malik leaving the ship by walking over the sea.
In Kashf al-Mahjub these two moments appear together in the account associated with Malik ibn Dinar: the fish bringing jewels during the accusation and his walking on the water afterward. The story is remembered for the sudden transformation of an accusation into a scene of wonder, followed immediately by his departure across the sea.
A similar karamah connected with Malik ibn Dinar also appears in Attar's Tadhkirat al-Awliya, where a sea journey, fish bringing valuable objects, and Malik walking on the water form a closely related scene. For this page, however, the story is presented primarily from the account preserved by al-Hujwiri in Kashf al-Mahjub.
The report says that Malik ibn Dinar turned his attention toward the sky. Soon afterward an extraordinary scene appeared on the surface of the sea. Fish came up from the water carrying jewels in their mouths. The sight directly answered the situation that had arisen on the ship, as the missing jewel and the accusation against Malik had placed him at the center of the dispute.
Malik then took one jewel from the fish and handed it to the person who had made the claim. The account presents the matter without describing any ordinary search through the ship or any conventional recovery of the lost item. Instead, the jewel brought by the fish became the striking turning point of the story and removed the immediate demand that had been made against him.
The account does not end there. After giving the jewel, Malik ibn Dinar is reported to have stepped from the ship onto the sea itself. He then walked over the surface of the water until he reached the shore. This second scene gives the story another extraordinary feature: first the fish appearing with jewels, and then Malik leaving the ship by walking over the sea.
In Kashf al-Mahjub these two moments appear together in the account associated with Malik ibn Dinar: the fish bringing jewels during the accusation and his walking on the water afterward. The story is remembered for the sudden transformation of an accusation into a scene of wonder, followed immediately by his departure across the sea.
A similar karamah connected with Malik ibn Dinar also appears in Attar's Tadhkirat al-Awliya, where a sea journey, fish bringing valuable objects, and Malik walking on the water form a closely related scene. For this page, however, the story is presented primarily from the account preserved by al-Hujwiri in Kashf al-Mahjub.
Conclusion
Kashf al-Mahjub preserves a striking karamah of Malik ibn Dinar رحمه الله: after he was accused over a missing jewel, fish appeared carrying jewels, he gave one to the claimant, and then walked over the sea until he reached the shore.
Sources
al-Hujwiri, Kashf al-Mahjub, section on Malik ibn Dinar
al-Hujwiri, Kashf al-Mahjub, same passage
al-Hujwiri, Kashf al-Mahjub, same passage
al-Hujwiri, Kashf al-Mahjub, same passage
al-Hujwiri, Kashf al-Mahjub, displayed report form
Attar, Tadhkirat al-Awliya, section on Malik ibn Dinar
al-Hujwiri, Kashf al-Mahjub, Dhu al-Nun and an unnamed youth
CAND-0238 Task 1 evidence synthesis