This story happened about a couple of generations back. It is about a Pilgrim in Makkah Grand Mosque who needed to go to a WC.
It was his first Friday prayer in his first Hajj. He was excited and he went about three hours early to the Grand Mosque, hoping to find a place in the shades and in front of the Ka'abah, and he did. He sat there, totally satisfied, opened the Quran and started reading. And every few minutes he would lift his head and enjoy the view of the Ka'abah and Hajjis performing Tawaf.
About 90 minutes later, he felt the need to go to a WC. It was a little uneasy for him, but he was determined to stay. Thousands of people were continuously entering the Mosque and it was getting crowded. If he left his place it might be very difficult to enter the Mosque again and his place will be lost.
An hour later and just about 30 minutes before the Friday sermon, there were tears in his eyes. He realized that he had to leave his place. He looked around him to other pilgrims, and then looked at the ka'abah one more time. And as he was about to stand up, he felt that a piece of cloth or a towel was thrown on him covering his head and shoulders. And before he could even wonder about it, he found himself in a garden or a farming area, and an old style WC (in an open area, outside of homes) was in front of him.
He rushed inside without thinking. When he came out there was a place and enough water to perform Wadu (Ablution). After Wadu, and when he was just about to stand up wondering about what place he was in, he felt that a cloth was being taken off his head and shoulders. And he found himself exactly where he was in the Mosque, relaxed and fresh.
He looked around and saw pilgrims reading Quran or Zikr, and nobody seemed to be paying attention to him. Then the call for the Friday Prayer started.
After the sermon and the prayer many of those around him stood up and headed toward the gates.
He was an average Muslim, nothing special about him. He was unable to explain what had happened on that Friday.
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There are several stories about people disappearing from one place and appearing in another, that can be found in traditional books about Sufi stories. I heard this one from an elder person who heard it from a friend, who said that he met the pilgrim in the story.
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Teleportation might be seen as a total fantasy. However, there are attempts to consider it, based on modern theories of Physics.
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Within the limits of what I understand about Ash'ari theology and Sufi concepts, there seems to be room for making such happenings within the realm of possible events, even if the possible events are rationally unexplainable (for details: Al-Ghazali's Aqeedah - Cause And Effect).
