A mes̱nevī of 90 couplets on the spiritual levels of Abu’l- Dardāʾ al-Anşārī al-Khazrajī and his wife, who are generally considered
among the Companions (Ṣaḥāba). Aḳsarāylı ʿĪsā’s
mes̱nevī is one of the three versions of the story in Turkish. One of these versions is part of the Menāḳıb-ı Mevlānā written by Loḳmānī Dede in 910. The third version is the story attributed
to Kirdeci ʿAlī.
According to the story, Abu’l- Dardāʾ and his wife lived in great poverty and had no wish for wealth. By miracle, the Prophet
increased the size of their house and their source of food, allowing them to give a feast to the Companions. He then shrank
their house to its original size and turned a marble column in their house into a source of milk and honey.
