Post by Tasleem on Nov 25, 2004 7:54:07 GMT
Hazrat Abu Huraira Radi Allahu anhu relates that he heard the Noble Prophet (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam) Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam say, Allah tested three persons from amongst Bani Israel: a leper, a bald-headed man and a blind person (Reported in Bukhari and Muslim).
An angel was sent to then in the form of a human being. He came to the leper and asked, “What is the thing that you like best?” “A fine colour, neat skin and cure from this disease for which people hate me,” came the reply. The angel ran his hand over his body and his disease vanished and his body got fine colour. The angel asked him what property he would like the best. The man said, “camels”. The man was given a she camel ten months pregnant and the angel said, “May Allah bless it for thee”.
The angel then went to the bald-headed guy and asked the same. The man replied, “Beautiful hair and cure to the ailment, for which people hate me”. The angel ran through his hand (over his head) and his disease was cures and he was granted beautiful hair. Then the angel asked, “What property would you like best”. The man said, “a cow” thus was given a cow carrying a calf, and the angel said “May Allah bless it for thee”.
The angel finally came to the man who was blind who was asked the same. He asked that Allah restore his sight so that he may see people around him. The angel ran his hand over his eyes and Allah restored his sight. Then the angel asked his what property would he like best? And the man said “a goat”. He was given a she goat which was pregnant and carrying a kid.
These animals in due course gave birth to their offspring, multiplying very soon so that one had a valley full of camels, the other a valley full of cows and bulls and the third a valley full of goats.
After some time, the angel visited the leper in his original form and said to him: “I am a poor and needy person, having spent all my means of sustenance in the course of my journey, I beg you in the name of Allah, who has given you decent colour and neat skin and much wealth, to furnish me with a camel to enable me to complete my journey”. The man expressed his inability to oblige the angel, and said, “I have many obligations to fulfil”. The angel said, “It appears that I have seen you before. Are you not the leper, who was shunned by people and was poor, whom Allah enriched?” The man said, “I have inherited this property from my ancestors”. The angel said, “If you are speaking a lie, may Allah return you the condition in which you were”.
The he came to the bald-headed person in the original form and repeated the same request to him, and got a similar reply to the one had received from the leper. To this one the angel also said, “If you are speaking a lie, may Allah you return you to the condition in which you were in”.
Then the angel visited the blind man, repeating his request once more the man said “Indeed I was blind and Allah restored my eyesight. You may take what ever you will, and leave what you like. By Allah I shall not refuse you anything you may wish to take in the name of Allah, the Lord of honour and glory”. The angel said, “Keep all you have. All three of you were being tried. Allah is, indeed pleased with you and is angry with your companions!”
Source: Invitation, Rabi Al Thani 1419, Vol 6 No 8.
An angel was sent to then in the form of a human being. He came to the leper and asked, “What is the thing that you like best?” “A fine colour, neat skin and cure from this disease for which people hate me,” came the reply. The angel ran his hand over his body and his disease vanished and his body got fine colour. The angel asked him what property he would like the best. The man said, “camels”. The man was given a she camel ten months pregnant and the angel said, “May Allah bless it for thee”.
The angel then went to the bald-headed guy and asked the same. The man replied, “Beautiful hair and cure to the ailment, for which people hate me”. The angel ran through his hand (over his head) and his disease was cures and he was granted beautiful hair. Then the angel asked, “What property would you like best”. The man said, “a cow” thus was given a cow carrying a calf, and the angel said “May Allah bless it for thee”.
The angel finally came to the man who was blind who was asked the same. He asked that Allah restore his sight so that he may see people around him. The angel ran his hand over his eyes and Allah restored his sight. Then the angel asked his what property would he like best? And the man said “a goat”. He was given a she goat which was pregnant and carrying a kid.
These animals in due course gave birth to their offspring, multiplying very soon so that one had a valley full of camels, the other a valley full of cows and bulls and the third a valley full of goats.
After some time, the angel visited the leper in his original form and said to him: “I am a poor and needy person, having spent all my means of sustenance in the course of my journey, I beg you in the name of Allah, who has given you decent colour and neat skin and much wealth, to furnish me with a camel to enable me to complete my journey”. The man expressed his inability to oblige the angel, and said, “I have many obligations to fulfil”. The angel said, “It appears that I have seen you before. Are you not the leper, who was shunned by people and was poor, whom Allah enriched?” The man said, “I have inherited this property from my ancestors”. The angel said, “If you are speaking a lie, may Allah return you the condition in which you were”.
The he came to the bald-headed person in the original form and repeated the same request to him, and got a similar reply to the one had received from the leper. To this one the angel also said, “If you are speaking a lie, may Allah you return you to the condition in which you were in”.
Then the angel visited the blind man, repeating his request once more the man said “Indeed I was blind and Allah restored my eyesight. You may take what ever you will, and leave what you like. By Allah I shall not refuse you anything you may wish to take in the name of Allah, the Lord of honour and glory”. The angel said, “Keep all you have. All three of you were being tried. Allah is, indeed pleased with you and is angry with your companions!”
Source: Invitation, Rabi Al Thani 1419, Vol 6 No 8.
