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Translated By Brother Abu
DujanahFrom the Original Arabic Piece by Adel bin Muhammad
al-Abdul 'Aalee ...... Taken from: A-Muslim-Ummah/group.
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One of the Salaf entered a field, and he was hungry, tired, so
he wanted to eat, and his stomach was 'rumbling'. His eyes went
to the trees, so he saw an apple, and reached for it, then he
eat half of it under the protection of Allah, then he drank
from the river near the field. After that, he realised that he
was not aware of what he was doing due to his hunger, and said
to himself: Woe to you! How do you eat from someone else's
goods without permission, so he swore that he wold not leave
the place until he finds the owner of the field, and asks him
to make what he had eat from him permissable, so he looked
around until he found a door and knocked on it.
The owner came out and asked him about what he wants . . . He
said: "I entered your garden, that is next to the garden, and
took this apple and eat half of it, then I remembered it is not
mine, and I want you to excuse me and forgive me for this
mistake", so the man said, "I wont forgive you, nor allow you
ever, except with one condition?" So he said (and he is Thaabit
bin Nu'maan), "What is this condition?" The man said: "To marry
my daughter" He said: "I'll marry her".
The man then said: "But my daughter is blind and cannot see,
dumb and cannot speak, deaf and cannot hear". So Thaabit bin
Nu'maan began thinking and considering - what a disaster -
what's he going to do? Then he remembered that the tribulation
he has got by having this woman, and taking care of her and
serving her is better than to eat from the food (sadeed) of
hellfire due to what he ate from that apple, and he remembered
that his days in the dunya are numbered. So he accepted
marrying her, and he wished for the reward from Allah, the Lord
of the Worlds.
The day of marriage came, and the man was very worried: "How
will I enter upon a woman who doesn't, or see, or hear?!" So he
got felt confused and in a dillemma, and wished that the earth
would swallow him before that happens (i.e. going to her), but
he relied upon Allah and said: "Laa Hawla wa laa quwata illa
billah, wa inna lilah wa inna ilayhi raji'oon"
...so he went to her, and as soon as he entered, she stood up
and said to him, "assalamu 'alayk wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh".
When he saw her, he remembered what he had imagined of the hoor
il-'ayn in paradise. After remaining a bit quiet, he said:
"What is this?" So hears, sees, and speaks, so he informed her
what her father had to told him, so she said: "My father spoke
the truth and didn't lie" "What of what he told me then, how is
it true?"
She replied, "My father said I am dumb, because I have never
said a word of haraam, nor have I ever spoken to a man whom it
is not permissable to speak to. . . [he said] I am deaf,
because I have never sat it in a place of backbiting and gossip
or tale-telling. . . [he said] I am blind because I have never
looked at a man who was not permissable for me"
So ponder and look at how Allah united between this pious woman
and this pious man. -
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