Muhammad the kindred to Humanity — Page 14
14 on any single day, she gives away in charity before the end: 'of that day. One day, we are told, she gave away a considerable sum of money in the course of the day. A girl friend, learning of this said to her "You are observing a fast today, my dear, you might spare at least a few pennies for your evening meal. ” To which Aisha replied that the good friend who now advised her might have done so a little earlier. Were it not for the love of the Prophet and the deep impression he had made on her, she would certainly have gone on to live a different life, now that she was a woman of means. But she was far and away from changing. her very simple ways. . I. On one occasion she had for her meal, some bread baked out of fine flour. Soft and light bread being a delicacy unknown in the Prophet's days, they ought to have given her all the pleasure she could want out of eating. . But strange it was she wept as she ate them. A friend, again, asked her about it and she answered, “I was thinking of the Prophet. That is what made me weep. Were he alive, I would have served him today with this soft bread. ". Just see how deep the Prophet's impression must have been on her. How many there are who remember their dead like. Aisha remembered the Prophet. Every moment of her life was evidence of the affection she bore towards him. Yet. there have been people who have suggested that the Prophet was bebauch. Is it thus that the wives of debauches remember their husbands ? Do they not rather, hate the thought of them and regard their death as a prelude to their own salvation ?. Courtesies to Wives. The Holy Prophet as a married man, therefore, lived to a noble ideal. In many small ways he treated his wives so as to promote relations of love with them. He would for instance, drink from the cup from which they drank, and touch the cup where they touched it If they had to climb on to a height, he would bend his knee, which