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! 23 these teach ings and made them a part of their life, and made this narrative journey beautiful and filled it with spirituality. Only three or four verses are presented here as illustrative : Never shall you attain to righteousness unless you spend out of that which you love; and whatever you spend, Allah surely knows it well. 7 Hadrat Talha (ra) made a great sacrifice in accordance to this verse. Hadrat Anas (ra) nar rates that Hadrat Abu Talha (ra) was the wealthiest amongst the companions of Medina. He had many garde ns growing dates. The best among them was a garden named Beraha which was also Hadrat Talha (ra) ’s favorite, and it was right in front of Masjid - e - Nabaw i. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) used to frequently visit this garden and used to drink the good and sweet water of this garden. When the verse under discussion was revealed, Hadrat Tal ha (ra) came to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) and said, “O Prophet of Allah! , Allah has revealed this verse to you and the garden of Beraha is the dearest to me in all of my property. I donate this garden in the way of Allah and the prophet of Allah can utilize this garden as he deems fit. I hope that Allah will accept my sacrifice and would add it to my treasure in paradise. ” On this the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) replied , “This indeed is a great sacrifice. It is verily a very good and beneficial property. I have heard what you have said. I think that you should divide this garden among your relatives and paternal cousins. ” 8 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! 7 The Holy Quran 3:93 8 Hadeeqatus Salihin, p. 699