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Islam - Children's Corner
The Angry Woman
It
was the month of Ramadan, when all good Muslims were trying very hard to keep
the fast. This meant that they did not eat anything during the hours of
daylight. From sunrise to sunset no food or drink must pass their lips, they
should be good and try and read more Qur'an, and become better Muslims.
Fasting is difficult, especially when it is a hot day. It was on such a hot day
that Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) sat down to rest. He had not eaten
since it was dark, and the sun was now high in the sky. He wanted a few moments
of peace.
Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) had only been sitting down for a few moments
when the peace was broken.
Someone was shouting loudly, just a little way down the street. A woman was
obviously very angry. Her voice was loud, and the angrier she became the louder
and shriller her shouting became.
Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) decided to investigate.
As he came closer, he saw one of the richest women in the town, berating a
servant for something he should have done, but had not. She was furious! Her
face was red, she was shaking her fist, and it seemed as if she was fit to
burst.
The servant was standing uncomfortably, his head bowed low, not daring to move
or reply. The woman was so busy with her anger that at first she did not notice
Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) standing beside her.
Slowly she became aware that someone was standing beside her. She turned, saw
that it was the Prophet Muhammad, and calmed down a little. “Why don’t you go
indoors, and have something to eat?”
The woman was shocked. She did not know what to say. She always kept the fast.
She wondered if Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) realised what he was saying.
“But I always keep the fast,” she said. “I have not eaten anything today.”
The prophet spoke quietly. “If you were keeping the fast properly,” he said,
“you would be kind to others. You would be trying hard to do Allah’s will.
Getting angry with your servant is as bad as eating during the fast. You might
as well go and eat.”
Based on a hadith, teaching: One of the Pillars of Islam, fasting & what breaks
the fast, kindness, treatment of others, adab and tarbiyyah.
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The
Holy Quran Quotes
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“And they (polytheists, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah and in His Messenger, Muhammad (saw) ) will not cease fighting you until they turn you back from your religion (Islamic Monotheism) if they can.”
(Al-Baqarah, 2:217)
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