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...abba ji  turned   silent  with his room    drowned in  soulful sorrows,  he began spending more of his time in the masjid, after returning home he remained  silent   or  held his tasbih telling the beads or recited  the Koran,  he   ate less and his appetite decreased,  he mixed no more with his children and daughters and sons  and other family members,  he spoke   little just  enough to convey the minimum