Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 159
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 159 She emptied her lap in such a way, As if someone had given birth to a snake After the advent of the Holy Prophet sa , a new convert to Islam asked him, “ H u du r, how will our sins be forgiven? Before the advent of Islam, we committed such traitorous and colossal sins. I had a daughter, who was so beautiful and innocent. She loved me with all her soul and would always be with me. Whenever I would come home, she would run and cling to me. Sometimes she would lie down in my lap; sometimes she would climb on my shoulders. She would say such sweet things that even strangers would fall in love with her. When she turned six, I dressed her in new clothes, in which she looked like a beautiful doll. I said, ‘Come with me. ’ Upon this she happily and laughingly started walking along with me. I took her to a well, and when I was about to push her in she cried out, ‘Father! What are you doing? I will fall. ’ I didn’t care about what she had said, and gave her a hard push. She fell in the well and died instantly. ” Upon hearing this horrific account, the Holy Prophet sa cried so much that the whole of the Holy Prophet sa beard became wet with tears.