While three men from those who were before you were walking, it started raining, so they took shelter in a cave, but it collapsed over them. They said to one another: By Allah, O people, nothing will save you except the truth. So let each man among you make a supplication to Allah by mentioning a deed that he knows he has done sincerely [only for the sake of Allah]. One of them said: O Allah, if you know that I had a hired hand who worked for me on a faraq [around 16 lbs] of rice and he went and left him, and that I went to that faraq and planted it. Then I bought with the yield some cows. Later on, the hired hand came to me asking for his wages, so I said: Go to those cows and drive them. He said: I only have a faraq of rice with you. I said: Go to those cows, for they are from that faraq. So he drove them. So [Allah] if you know that I did that out of fear of you, then relieve us. So the rock shifted a little. The other said: O Allah, if you know that I had two elderly parents, and I used to bring them milk from my sheep every night, but I was late for them one night, and I came back while they were asleep and my family and children were crying out of hunger. I used not to give them [my family] anything to drink until my parents had drunk first, but I hated to wake them up, and hated to leave them resigned to [the lack of] their drink. I kept waiting until dawn came. So [Allah] if you know that I did that out of fear of you, then relieve us. So the rock shiftedca little until they could look at the sky. The other said: O Allah, if you know that I had a cousin who was one of the dearest people to me, and that I tried to seduce her but she refused unless I brought her a hundred dinars, then I followed up on it until I collected them, then I brought them an gave them to her, and she allowed me to have sex with her. When I sat between her legs, she said: Fear Allah and do not break the seal [defloration] except with its rights. So I got up and left the hundred dinars. So [Allah] if you know that I did that out of fear of you, then relieve us. So Allah relieved them and they went out.