STORY OF A RELIGION TEACHER

ABDUL FATAH
Have you ever hear the story about Tuan Syeh Abdul Patah in Kota Siantar, Panyabungan, Madina, Indonesia? Here I will tell you about it.
Long time ago, there was a man who called Abdul Patah in Panyabungan town. At first time, he was only an usual religion teacher in my town. Every body only resfected him like the other teachers. But since there has been a magic story about him, every body surprised and called him Tuan syeh or a great teacher (Awlia). His story is like this.
When he was having hair cut around the mosque in Panyabungan, he said to someone who was cutting his hair to stop it. He had not been finished yet. His hair was not finish yet to cut. At the right side had been okay, and the left side was still being long. But when he said that someone ought to stop to cut his hair, he stood up. He only said, "Wait for a while. Mecca is being caught by fire. I want to go there".
Someone who was cutting his hair was very feel surprise. What happen with Mecca. Mecca is a very far country from Indonesia. Everybody who wanted to go there need 6 sixt month for go there and come back to Indonesia by a ship. He went away and run. He disappear and someone who just cut his hair took a sit to waiting for him.
In that day too, he came back and asked to someone to continue to cut his hair. In that time Abdul Fatah told him that he just came from Mecca. He helped the people in Mecca to stop the fire down. The worker continued his work without care to Abdul Patah's talking. Of course,because his talking was unlogically. His story was impossible to occur. No body would believe him, nobody trusted his story at that time. When Abdul Fatah finished to have hair cut, he went home. Many man had been know about his story. Many man had said that Abdul Fatah had become a crazy man. Before this story, so many man believed him because he was a religion teacher. But since that time, nobody believed him anymore. Even a people in Panyabungan had said that he was insane. A few month later, when a pilgrimage came from Mecca, one of pilgrimage bring some thing for him. ?A pilgrimage came to looked for him, When the man asked every body about the house of Abdul Fatah, every body asked about his plan to find Abdul Patah. The man said that he met with Abdul Fatah a few month ago in Mecca. Abdul Patah helped the people in Mecca to stop the burning fire. The pilgrimage looked that a knife falled down from his pocked. He show the knife falled down from Abdul Patah's pocket. That's why he came here to find for Abdul Patah, hoped to return the knife. Every body felt surpirise to hear it. Was it possible? As for we do not believe Abdul Patah, the man who was coming from Mecca had been bring the proof. If the people believed him, was is logically? But what thing is not impossimble for God. Every thing is easy for God to make? When the man had returned the knife to Abdul Patah, and many people show it. This story became a great one in Panyabungan at that time. It was happening when Holland still colonizing Indonesia. Before this happen, he was only an usual teacher, but when every body knows about his ability, everybody has been said that he is a Tuan Syeh or a great religion teacher until know. Now he has been dead, but many man knows about this story. He was be burried in Pagaran Sigatal, around Kota Siantar, Panyabungan. So many people visits his bury every year. He death before Indonesia proclaim the Independent day. Many man believe this story. If you know Abdul Haris Nasution, the Indonesian Hero in maintaining Pancasila in 1965. He also believed this story. He ever came here to visit Abdul Patah's bury. He came here because he had promised to come here. He told the people that he promised to his selves. As for his foot recover from shooting by gun in 31 October 1965, he would come to visit Abdul Patah's bury. So, when he felt good with his foot, he ought to visit it. Not only him. I find many people outside Panyabungan come to visit this bury. Sometimes the people come here because a promise (Nazar), some times because Abdul Patah was a great religion teacher long time ago. But the main, I find many visitor come to visit this bury. Nowadays there is a man who live in Pagaran Sigatal takes care about this cemetery. Many times he sweeps and clean this location. I don't know is he a worker or a grandson of Abdul Fatah. But he cares this bury so much. He made a fence for it. Built a roof, and cleans it until clear every times. Hope every visitor will feel satisfy to visit this bury. He does it because some times the visitor gives him some money. If a reader is a Muslim, I think it is not a faulth if you come here. If you come here, so you have visited someone be loved by Allah the creator the world and the else. God gave him an ability like that, could go to Mecca in a few time is a great ability. The ability like this called Kiramat in Islam. So many religion teachers in Panyabungan or in Mandaiing Natal who had a Kiramat like that. Such as Tuan from Muara Mais, and many Tuan syeh in Panyabungan. But now I find nothing anymore. But I doubt about someone. I believe he has an ability, but I don't know exactly. He lives in Dalan Lidang, Panyabungan. I doubt that he is very close to God. If you want to visit the burry of Tuan Syeh Abdul Patah, you may come to Panyabungan. Panyabungan is a capital of Mandailing Natal in North Sumatra. The burry is only about 4 Kms from the central of Panyabungan. Every visitor can go there by a mechine pedicab. We need money for machine pedicab around Rp 3.000, from central Panyabungan to Pagaran Sigatal. If you come here with many man, you may count the cost, you know about the currency of Rupiah with your money if you are in outside of Indonesia. Thank you very much for your visit on my page.