Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 130
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 130 idols concerns a person named ‘Amr bin Jam u ‘. ‘Amr bin Jam u ‘ made an idol out of wood so that in case of an emergency he could worship at home at his own convenience. In his neighbourhood there were two men, Mu‘ a dh bin Jabal and Mu‘ a dh bin ‘Umrah. While ‘Amr bin Jam u ‘ was away from home, they would often creep into his house and throw the idol into the latrine. When ‘Amr bin Jam u ‘ returned, was upset that his god had been dishonoured in such a way. With great love, he would pull his god out of the filth, wash it with water, dry it with a cloth, put perfume on it and return it to its place. This mockery would take place daily, but the two neighbours would not stop their mischievous ways, nor would poor ‘Amr bin Jam u ‘ stop believing in his god. Along with love, Arabs would also have great fear of their gods. There was a boy who was given some milk, a bit of butter and some cheese by his mother and was told to go and give it to their idols. Upon seeing the fine quality food and drink, the boy’s mouth began to water. He was tempted to eat it all by himself and just tell his mother that he gave it to the idols. But he also feared that the idols might get angry at this act and break his neck. What would he do? The boy could not work out how to solve