PIETY
PERTAINING TO PIETY AND SOFTENING OF HEARTS
Book 42, Number 7071:
Abu Huraira ,narrated that he beard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There were three persons
in Bani Isra'il, one suffering from leprosy, the other bald-headed and the
third one blind. Allah decided to test them. So He sent an angel who came to
one who was suffering from leprosy and said: Which thing do you like most? He
said: Beautiful colour and fine skin and removal of that which makes me
detestable in the eye of people. He wiped him and his illness was no more and
he was conferred upon beautiful colour and beautiful skin.He (the angel) again
said: Which property do you like most?He said: Camels, or he said: The cow the
narrator is, however, doubtful about it, but (out of the persons) suffering
from leprosy or baldness one of them definitely said: The came].And the other
one said: Cow.And he (one who demanded came]) was bestowed upon a she-camel, in
an advanced stage of pregnancy, and while giving he said: May Allah bless you
in this I Then he came to the bald-headed person and said: Which thing do you
like most?He said: Beautiful hair and that (this baldness) may be removed from
me because of which people hate me He wiped his body and his illness was
removed and he was bestowed upon beautiful hair, and the angel said: Which
wealth do you like most? He said: The cow. And he was given a pregnant cow and
while handing it over to him he (the angel) said: May Allah bless you in this I
Then he came to the blind man and he said: Which thing do you like most?He
said: Allah should restore my eyesight so that I should be able to see people
with the help of that.He wiped his body and Allah restored to him his eyesight,
and he (the angel) also said: Which wealth do you like most? He said.The flock
of sheep.And he was given a pregnant goat and that gave birth to young ones and
it so happened that one valley abounded in camels and the other one in goats
and the third one in sheep.He then came to one suffering from leprosy in his
(old) form and shape and he said: I am a poor person and my provision has run
short in my journey and there is none to take me to my destination except with
the help of Allah and your favour.I beg of you in His name Who gave you fine
colour and fine skin, and the camel in the shape of wealth (to confer upon me)
a camel which should carry me in my journey.He said: I have many
responsibilities to discharge. Thereupon he said: I perceive as if I recognise
you.Were you not suffering from leprosy whom people hated and you were a
destitude and Allah conferred upon you (wealth) He said: I have inherited this
property from my forefathers.Thereupon he said: If you are a liar may Allah
change you to that very position in which you had been.He then came to the one
who was bald-headed in his (old) form and said to him the same what he had said
to him (one suffering from leprosy) and he gave him the same reply as he had
given him and he said: If you 'are a liar, may Allah turn you to your previous
position in which you had been.And then he came to the blind man in his (old)
form and shape and he said: I am a destitute person and a wayfarer.My provision
have ran short and today there is no way to reach the destination but with the
help of Allah and then with your help and I beg of you in the (name) of One Who
restored your eyesight and gave you the flock of sheep to give me a sheep by
which I should be able to make my provisions for the journey.He said: I was
blind and Allah restored to me my eyesight; you take whatever you like and
leave whatever you like. By Allah.I shall not stand in your way today for what
you take in the name of God. Thereupon, he said: You keep with you what you
have (in your possession). The fact is that you three were put to test and
Allah is well pleased with you and He is annoyed with your companions.
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