Points to Ponder — Page 38
— 38 When the Caesar saw the cap, he felt bad and he did not wear the hat. But Allah, the High, wanted to show him that at that time he could attain blessings only through Muḥammad , the prophet of God, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. He had such a severe headache that he asked his servants to bring the hat sent by ‘Umar so that he could put it on his head. He put the hat on his head and his headache went away. He used to have the headache every few days. So it became usual for him to sit in the court donning that soiled hat of Ḥ a ḍ rat ‘Umar , may Allah be pleased with him. This sign, which Allah, the Almighty, showed him, had another matter hidden in it. A companion of the Holy Prophet was imprisoned by the Caesar. He had ordered to feed him pig-meat. The companion accepted starvation and did not go near the bacon. After many days of fasting, when he was about to die, Caesar gave him bread. When he had gained some strength, he again ordered him to be fed pig-meat. He neither let him die nor live. Someone said to him , “You have this headache because you have imprisoned that Muslim. Its remedy is that you request ‘Umar to pray for you and send for benediction from him. ” When Ḥ a ḍ rat ‘Umar sent him the hat and his headache subsided, he was so impressed that he released that companion of the Holy Prophet.