A Lesson!

[crazeeeA]

Muhammad bin Ka`b relates that there was a great `ālim and `ābid in the Banū Isrā'īl. He loved his wife very much. Co-incidentally, she passed away. This person was so grieved by this that he locked his door and abstained from meeting and conversing with people. A woman from the Banū Isrā'īl heard about this so she went to him. She informed those who were guarding the entrance to his house that she wants to ask him a mas'ala and that it can only be asked directly to him. Saying this, she sat down stubbornly by the door. The person was informed of this and eventually permitted her to enter.

She said: "I want to ask you a mas'ala."
He replied: "Go ahead."
She said: "I have a neighbour from whom I borrowed some jewellery. I am wearing it for quite some time now. Thereafter she sent a person asking for her jewellery. The question I want to ask you is that do I have to give it back to her?"
The `ālim replied: "Yes, you have to give it back to her."
The woman replied: "That jewellery was with me for a very long time. How can I give it?" The `ālim replied: "In such a case, you should give it even more happily because it was out of her kindness that she allowed you to use it for such a long time."
When he said this, the woman replied: "May Allah have mercy on you. Why, then, are you so sad? Allah had loaned you something and when He wished, He took it back. (Because) it belongs to Him."

Upon hearing this, the `ālim realized his mistake and benefited tremendously from this conversation.

[Muslima19]

That is a beautiful story. I love it.

[SwaZaaY]

Isn't there a similar story about a sahaba, I think Abu Talha, whose son passed away and his wife told him something about borrowing a pan from the neighbor?

[crazeeeA]

maybe you're thinking about this story dealing with Abu Talha (RA) , but there's no pan involved in this one...:

A close companion of the Prophet (SAW) Abu Talha (RA), had a son who was very sick. Abu Talha (RA) would each day arrive home and enquire from his wife as to the health of their son. One day their son died, and Abu Talha (RA) at that time was not at home. When his wife saw that he was dead, she washed and shrouded him and placed him somewhere in the house. When Abu Talha(RA) came, he asked about his son's condition, and his wife said that he was in peace.

Abu Talha (RA) slept with his wife that night. His wife informed him about the death of their son in the morning. When Abu Talha (RA) informed the Prophet of what happened to them, Allah's Messenger said, "May Allah bless you both concerning your night (that is, may Allah bless you both with good offspring). And indeed, Allah blessed Abu Talha and his wife with nine sons, all of whom became reciters of the Qur'an [Saheeh Bukhari].

wAllahuAlam

[BintFozi]

Both stories are so beautiful... SubhaanAllah.

[SwaZaaY]

maybe you're thinking about this story dealing with Abu Talha (RA) , but there's no pan involved in this one...

Jazakallah Khayr Amena, you're right...dunno where I got the pan from, but in the book I have Umm Sulaim says something similar to what the woman from Bani Isra'il said, about the loan.

:)

[Hafsah]

subhannalah.. those stories are really beutiful.. they remind me of the life of the sahaba musab bin umayr.. we should really read on his life,. its relly inspiring insa allah:)