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The Spiritual Revolution 261 Qadian, he noticed that Ha fi z Sahib was walking with great difficulty. He inquired as to where he was going. He replied: ‘Brother, a female dog has given birth to puppies. I have one piece of bread left. It is raining, so I wanted to feed it to her. ’ What Ha fi z Sahib did was the following of the sunnah , to take pity on the animals. Remember that incident when someone descended into a well and took water in his shoe and offered it to a thirsty dog to drink! The Holy Prophet sa said that Allah the Almighty shall grant him forgiveness due to this virtuous deed. His Companions ra were amazed and asked him if they would be rewarded for providing for animals also. He replied: ‘Yes, every good deed and favour to any living soul and animal shall be rewarded. ’ (From A sha b-e-Ahmad , vol. 13, p. 296, published in 1967 ) There is an incident narrated about an Ahmad i named Hadrat N u r Muhammad ra : It was a harsh cold winter and he had neither a coat nor a blanket. He was only wearing two shirts, one upon the other and was traveling in a train. He saw an old disabled person, who was naked and trembling with cold. He took off one of his shirts and made the old man wear it. A Sikh was also trav- eling with them. When he saw this, he said in Punj a b: ‘Dear Brother, you shall attain salvation; I do not know what will happen to me. ’ [Thus a good example was set. ] A few days later it so happened that this N u r Muhammad came into the Mosque at Mughal Purah for dawn Prayer and he wore a new woolen wrap. He saw a person named Fate h D i n shivering with cold; he was once a rich person, but was now a victim of poverty. N u r Muhammad took off his new wrap hurriedly