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75 say , “Alas! May I and my family be crushed in a grindstone [if only I could] achieve that reward. ” That blessing was th at in the last two or three years before his sa demise, the Holy Prophet sa had a son. whom he named Ibrahim ra. [The son] was a fruit granted during his final few years. B ut the son died when he reached two years of age. The Holy Prophet sa took his body for burial. After they reached the grave, and the funeral prayer was said, the Holy Prophet sa took up the child’s body and stepped into the g rave to lay the body to rest. While laying the body in the grave, the Holy Prophet sa said aloud a phrase. The Holy Prophet sa spoke this ph rase six years after the death of Ha z rat ‘ Uthman bin Maz`oon ra. Ha z rat ‘Uthman bin Maz`oon ra had been martyred. He was martyred in the battle of Badr, which took place in the second year after Hijrah [ migration from M ecca to M edina ] , w hile this incident took place in the eighth year after Hijrah. So, about six years had passed since the death of Ha z rat ‘Uthman ra. The phrase that the Holy Prophet sa said at that time was the greatest reward anyone in this world c an [hope to] achieve. The Holy Prophet sa took Ibrahim ’s ra body in his hands, kneeled down in the grave and sai d, “Go to your brother, ‘Uthman bin Maz`oon ra. ” After a period of six years , at the death of his own son, after whom another child seemed unlikely, if the Holy Prophet sa expressed any sorrow, it was only, “Six years ago, my son ‘Uthman ra was martyred. Now, O Ibrahim! Six years later you have again reminded me of ‘Uthman ra. ” Even if Ha z rat ‘Uthman ra was seated on a throne over the entire earth, even if God Almighty had granted him eternal life so he could forever rule over the world, even if not just on e eye, but both eyes had been pulled out , both his ea rs cut off, even his tongue cut out, and his nose chopped off, and his teeth taken out, and then had Ha z rat ‘Uthman ra been given the option to get all of i t back in exchange for this statement , Ha z rat ‘Uthman ra would have never agreed to this bargain. He would have said, “ I am not ready to give back that statement. Y ou may keep those blessings for yourselves. ” There is no doubt that we deeply feel the loss of those who have just passed away whether they are neighbors or relatives. But , the duration of six years is such a long time that friends forget their friends , and relatives forget their relatives. Ye t the state of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was such that six years after Ha z rat ‘ Uthman ’ s ra death, when his only son and the fruit of his last years died , the Holy Prophet sa