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keep silent. He used to speak very clearly and methodically; his
words would be understood easily.
Anas bin Mâlik said, “Rasûlullah would visit the sick, walk
behind the dead as they were taken to the cemetery and accept
invitations. He would ride a donkey. I saw him in the holy war of
Khayber. He rode a donkey with a rope halter. When Rasûlullah
went out after morning prayer, children and workers of Medina
would bring containers full of water in front of him. They would
beg him to dip his blessed finger into the water. Though it was
winter, he would put his blessed finger into all the containers
one by one, thus pleasing them.” Again, Anas bin Mâlik ‘radiy-
Allâhu anh’ says, “If a little girl held Rasûlullah’s hand and
wanted to take him somewhere for some matter, he would go
with her and solve her problem.”
Hadrat Jâbir ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’, said, “Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu
alaihi wa sallam’ was never heard to say ‘no’ for anything asked
from him.”
Anas bin Mâlik ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ said, “I was walking with
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’. He had Burd-i Najrânî
on. That is, he wore an overcoat made of Yemen cloth. A
villager, who came from behind us, pulled his collar so harshly
that the collar of the coat scratched his blessed neck and the
scratch remained there. Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’
turned round. The villager wanted something from the property
of zakât. Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ just chuckled
at his manners. He commanded that something should be given
to him.” It is written in the book Tatummat-ul-Mazhâr, “This
means to say that the person who is in an authoritative position
should, like Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa saslam’ did, put up
with the problems and troubles given by people. Besides, it is
an act of being good-natured for everybody to endure problems.
It is all the better for the superior ones.”
It is written in the book Zâd-ul-Mukwîn that there was an old
woman who was Rasûlullah’s ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’
neighbor. She sent her daughter to Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi
wa sallam’ to beg of him, “I do not have a dress to cover myself
when praying. Send me a dress to cover myself for namâz.”
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ did not have any
dresses at the moment. He took the loose robe off his blessed
body and sent it to the woman. When it was time for namâz, he
couldn’t go to the mosque without a dress. The Ashâb-i kirâm
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