Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man

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Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 167 prayer that he offered was "O All a h feed the person who feeds me and provide drink for the one who provides me with drink". Hadrat Miqd a d ra rose immediately, covered himself with a sheet and with a knife in his hand went outside with the intention of slaughtering one of the goats belonging to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. He intended to feed the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa with its meat and inherit the blessing of this prayer. When he chose the fattest goat for slaughter, he noticed the teats of the goat were full of milk. So he dropped the idea of slaughtering the goat and taking a utensil from the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's household he filled it by milking the goat. He presented it to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , who seeing fresh milk assumed that they themselves had not drunk any milk and said "Have you not drunk any milk tonight? " Hadrat Miqd a d ra evaded the question and requested H u du r sa to drink the milk. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa drank some of it and gave the rest to him. Hadrat Miqd a d ra requested H u du r sa to drink more. Now he was satisfied that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa had his fill and was not hungry any more. Hadrat Miqd a d ra was happy that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's prayer "O All a h whosoever gives me drink, You provide him with drink", had been accepted in his favour. Then remembering his act of drinking H u du r sa 's share of milk he started to