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have in your possession to be given to me.”<br />
The <strong>Prophet</strong> looked at him and smiled, <strong>the</strong>n he gave orders<br />
for something to be given to him.’<br />
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A bedouin once urinated in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong>'s Mosque, and people<br />
got up to beat him. The <strong>Prophet</strong> said, 'Leave him alone, and throw a<br />
bucket <strong>of</strong> water over his urine. You have only been sent to make<br />
things easy, not to make things difficult.'<br />
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ON THE AUTHORITY OF AB$ HURAYRAH.<br />
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According to `¬’ishah, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong> used to<br />
cobble his shoes, stitch his clo<strong>the</strong>s and do <strong>the</strong><br />
kind <strong>of</strong> housework that is done in all homes.<br />
He was a human being just like anybody else,<br />
He used to milk his goat and do various<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r commonplace chores himself.<br />
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According to `¬’ishah, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Prophet</strong> never<br />
gave o<strong>the</strong>rs tasks which were beyond <strong>the</strong>ir capabilities.<br />
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