Why Did They Become Muslims

not have enough water. The Messenger ‘alaihis-salâm’ sent two
soldiers to look for water. They came back with a woman riding a
camel. She had two qirbas of water. (A qirba is a leather container
which was formerly used to carry fresh water.) The Messenger
‘alaihis-salâm’ asked the woman for some water. He poured the
water that she gave into a container. The entire army utilized the
water in the container. The soldiers made a queue, filled their own
containers and tulums (goat-skin bottles). In return, they gave the
woman some dates and filled her tulums, too. The Prophet ‘alaihissalâm’
said to her, “We have not decreased the amount of your
water. It is Allâhu ta’âlâ who gave us the water.”
23– He was making (the speech termed) Khutba in Medina,
when someone said, “Yâ Rasûlallah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa
sallam’! Our children, animals and fields are perished with
drought. Please do come to our rescue!” The Prophet raised his
blessed hands and said his prayer. It was a cloudless day, yet he
had hardly rubbed his blessed hands on his face when clouds
covered the entire sky. Presently rain poured down. It rained
continuously for several days. He was on the minbar preaching,
again, when the same person complained, “Yâ Rasûlallah! We will
perish with this rain.” Upon this the Rasûl ‘alaihis-salâm’ gave his
usual radiant smile, and invoked, “Yâ Rabbî! Bestow Thy
Compassion on Thy other slaves as well!” The clouds cleared away
and the sun shone brightly.
24– Jâbir bin Abdullah ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ relates: I was
badly in debt. I told Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa
sallam’ about it. He came in the yard of my house and walked
around the pile of dates, making three rounds. Then he ordered,
“Bid your creditors to come here.” Each creditor was given his
due, and there was no decrease in the pile of dates.
25– A woman sent some honey as a present. The Messenger
‘alaihis-salâm’ accepted the honey, sending the empty container
back. Some time later the container came back, full of honey
again. The woman was there in person this time. She said, “O the
Messenger of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’alaihi wa sallam’! Why
don’t you accept my present? What is the sin that I have
committed?” The blessed Prophet said, “We have accepted your
present. The honey that you see is the barakat which Allâhu ta’âlâ
has given you in return for your present.” The woman and her
children ate the honey for months. It never decreased. One day
they inconsiderately put the honey into another container. When
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