Al-Rabathah is a desert between Makkah and Madina. It is a barren land. No one inhabits it. But in the year 30 A.H., there was only one tent. In the tent there were an old man, an old woman, and their daughter.
Why did the old man inhabit that distant area in the middle of the desert?
He did not inhabit it of his on accord – the Caliph banished him to die there.
The old man was ill. And his wife was always in tears. So, he said to her: Dhar\’s mother; why do you weep?