1.
Feast at home of Sayyidunā Jābir رَضِیَ اللّٰهُ عَنْہُ
Sayyidunā Jābir , one of the
renowned companions, has narrated: During the battle of Khandaq, while we were
digging the trench, a big boulder was unearthed. The companions approached the
Holy Prophet ﷺ and told him that
they had encountered a very hard boulder. The Beloved and Blessed Prophet ﷺ replied, I am coming (into the trench).
The Holy Prophet ﷺ then rose. He ﷺ had stones bound to his blessed stomach.
We also had not eaten anything for three days. The Noble Rasūl ﷺ then took a pickaxe and struck the
boulder, breaking it into pieces and turning it into a heap of sand. I said, 'O
the Beloved and Blessed Prophet ﷺ! Please give me
permission to go home.'
On arriving home, I said to my wife
that I could no longer bear to see the Noble Prophet ﷺ
in this starving condition. Do you have anything to eat? She replied that there
was some barley and a small goat. I slaughtered the little goat, kneaded the
barley (into dough) and started cooking the food. When the food and breads were
about to be prepared, I approached the Beloved and Blessed Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O the Noble Prophet ﷺ! I have a little food; please come along
with a few companions.' He ﷺ asked, 'How much food
is there?'
I told him the quantity of food. He ﷺ replied, 'The food is delicious and
sufficient.' He ﷺ then said, 'Tell
(her) neither to open the pot nor to remove the bread from the oven until I
arrive.' The Holy Prophet ﷺ ordered the
companions to accompany him. I went to my house and told my wife, 'May you be
blessed, the Beloved and Blessed Prophet ﷺ
is coming to our home with the Muhājirīn, the Anṣār and some other people.' She
asked whether the Holy Prophet ﷺ asked about the
quantity of food, I replied, 'yes.'
After a short while, the Noble
Prophet ﷺ arrived and ordered the companions to
enter the house without causing a crowd. Then, the Holy Prophet ﷺ himself began to break the bread with his
own blessed hands and place meat on it. Whenever he ﷺ
took any bread or meat, he ﷺ immediately closed
the oven and the pot and distributed the food among the companions. He ﷺ continued to take meat from the pot and
bread from the oven till every companion ate to full stomach, but the food
still remained. He ﷺ then said to me, 'Eat
and give away the people (this food) as a gift because people are hungry.'
(Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 5, pp. 55,
Ḥadīš 4101)
May Allah have mercy on them and
forgive us without accountability for their sake!
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ۞ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ
تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Dear Islamic brothers! The foregoing
parable clearly indicates that the Holy Prophet ﷺ
adopted intentional hunger. On one hand, he ﷺ
tied stones to his blessed stomach due to hunger and, on the other hand, he ﷺ fed a large number of companions with just
a little amount of food.
There are thousands of Madanī pearls
in this Prophetic miracle¹. One of these pearls is that our Holy Prophet ﷺ is not helpless. By the grace of Allah ,
he possesses the treasures of both worlds and has the authority to distribute
them.
The aforementioned Madanī parable
also highlights the spirit and passion of the companions for spreading the
'call to righteousness' despite facing severe hardships and starvation even by
binding stones on their blessed stomachs. We, on the other hand, are not prepared
to bear even a little difficulty in the path of Allah despite having all
conveniences and comforts. Without doubt, no Prophet will come now. It is now
the duty of the Muslims to invite others towards righteousness. By Allah !
Today the condition of the Muslims has been very miserable. When a true devotee
of Islam sees the empty Masājid, his heart sheds tears of blood. Here is an
admonitory parable in this respect.
2.
Madanī Qāfilaĥ inhabited Masjid
An Islamic brother has stated our
Madanī Qāfilaĥ travelled from Bāb-ul-Madīnaĥ (Karachi) to Punjab for twelve
days in order to learn and spread Sunnaĥ. When we arrived in the town of
Sohawa, we discovered that the Masjid where we were to stay was closed. After
obtaining the key and opening the Masjid, we noticed that everything was full
of dust. It looked as if the Masjid had been closed for a very long time.
اَلْحَمْدُ
لِلّٰه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! We
all cleaned the Masjid and then visited the town calling the folks towards
righteousness and pleading them to come to the Masjid. Regretfully, no one came
to the Masjid because of the lack of our sincerity. We, however, did not give
up hope. With our trust in Allah , we entered a nearby playground where we
anxiously gave an invitation to the youngsters who were busy playing. اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه! Their hearts softened and some of them
accompanied us to the Masjid on the spot. They offered Ṣalāĥ and listened to
the Sunnaĥ-Inspiring speech. At our request, they also made the intention of
coming to the Masjid regularly. Looking at this faith-refreshing scene, an
approximately 70-year-old man said, 'I used to advise people to come to the
Masjid but they turned a deaf ear. اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰه
عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Today people have once again started attending the Masjid
regularly and offering Ṣalāĥ due to the blessing of the Madanī Qāfilaĥ.'
¹ Prophetic
miracle means Mu'jizaĥ.
3.
Eighty companions رَضِیَ اللّٰهُ عَنْہُم
and a little food
Sayyidunā Anas has narrated that
Sayyidunā Abū Ṭalḥaĥ once came home and told Sayyidatunā Umm-e-Sulaym , 'I have
heard the low voice of the Holy Prophet ﷺ
which indicates his extreme hunger. Do you have anything to eat?' She replied
that she had a few pieces of barley bread. She wrapped them in a part of her
scarf and placed it under my (Sayyidunā Anas') clothing and covered me with the
other part of the scarf. Then, she sent me to the Holy Prophet ﷺ. When I reached the Masjid, I saw that the
Beloved and Blessed Prophet ﷺ was sitting with a
large group of people. I also stood over there. Seeing me, the Holy Prophet ﷺ asked (revealing the knowledge of Ghayb),
'Did Abū Ṭalḥaĥ send you?' I replied, 'Yes, Yā Rasūlallāĥ.' 'For food?' He ﷺ further asked. I replied, 'Yes! O Beloved
Prophet ﷺ.' The Holy Prophet ﷺ then asked his companions to accompany him and I began to walk
ahead of them till I reached the house and informed Sayyidunā Abū Ṭalḥaĥ of the
situation. Sayyidunā Abū Ṭalḥaĥ said, 'O Umm-e-Sulaym ! The Noble Prophet ﷺ is coming along with many people. We do
not have enough food to serve all of them.' She replied, 'Allah and His Prophet
ﷺ know better.'
Sayyidunā Abū Ṭalḥaĥ went and took
the Prophet of Raḥmaĥ, the Intercessor of Ummaĥ ﷺ
to his house. The Holy Prophet ﷺ said, 'O Umm-e-Sulaym
!' Bring whatever you have.' She presented the same pieces of bread. On the
instruction of the Holy Prophet ﷺ, the breads were
broken up. Sayyidatunā Umm-e-Sulaym poured some clarified butter on breads
which was used as gravy. The Holy Prophet ﷺ
then read what Allah willed and blew on them. He ﷺ
then said, 'Let ten of them enter.' Therefore, ten entered, ate the bread till
their stomach became full and then left. He ﷺ
ordered again, 'Call another ten.' Another ten came, ate and left. He ﷺ kept calling companions in the group of
ten until all of them ate and their hunger was satisfied. There were about
seventy or eighty companions.
(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, vol. 2, pp. 178,
Ḥadīš 2040)
According to another narration, ten
would enter and ten would exit until none of them remained hungry, and all of
them ate till they were full. When the Beloved and Blessed Prophet ﷺ finally gathered the food, the amount of
food was the same as in the beginning. Another narration says, ten companions
ate food at a time until all the eighty companions ate. After this, the Holy
Prophet ﷺ and the household consumed food but it
still remained. In another narration, it is also stated that the remaining food
was given to the neighbours.
(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, vol. 2, pp. 178,
Ḥadīš 2040)
May Allah have mercy on them and
forgive us without accountability for their sake!
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ۞ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ
تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Dear Islamic brothers! This was
indeed the miracle of the Holy Prophet ﷺ
that no reduction took place in the apparent small amount of food despite 80
companions' eating it. How great is the status of the Holy Prophet ﷺ that he remains hungry himself but makes
his devotees eat innumerable foods. There is a faith-refreshing Ḥadīš.
Therefore, he ﷺ said, 'Allah bestows
and I distribute.'
(Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 1, pp. 30,
Ḥadīš 71)
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