This is the 13th Part on the Series ‘Images from Seerah’s Album’.
The Eleventh Image – Solace of Heart.
Once someone presented himself before the Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) and expressed his woe that he had destroyed himself.
The Prophet (may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him) enquired what had happened.
He said: “I slept with my wife during (the day in) the month of Ramadan”.
The Prophet said. “Free one slave (as expiation)”.
He replied: “I am so poor that I cannot afford to do that”.
The Prophet said: “Fast for two months.”
He said: “I am not capable of doing that either.”
The Prophet said, “Feed sixty of the poor.”
He said: “I do not have the means.”
It so happened that someone brought in a basket of dates.
The Prophet said to the man,”Take them and give them to the poor”.
The man said,” By the God who made you a Messenger, there is none poorer than I in Madinah”.
The Prophet could not help laughing and said: “Then, you manage them yourself.”
{Bukhari, Shibli Naumani: Seeratun Nabi, Vol. II P 216).
……To be continued, Inshaa’Allah.
