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252. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS prompted by Satan; and he ate of it a mouthful also and then carried it to the. Holy Prophet, where it remained till the morning. At that time the term of a treaty we had made with a tribe had expired and twelve of us had been appointed scouts, each of the twelve having some men under him, Allah alone knows how many were there with each. They all ate of that food. . Another version is: Abu Bakr took an oath that he would not eat of it, and his wife took an oath that whe would not eat of it and the guests swore they would not eat of it unless Abu Bakr ate. So he said: My oath was incited by. Satan; and he called for the food and ate of it and they all ate. It so happened that for every mouthful they took there rose up from under it more than its equal. Abu Bakr said to his wife: Sister of Bani Firas, What is this? She answered: Delight of my eye, it is now more than it was when we started eating. Thus they all ate and sent the rest to the Holy Prophet. It is related that he also ate of it. Another version is: Abu Bakr said to Abdur Rahman: I have to go to the Holy Prophet. You take care of the guests and feed them before. I get home. Abdur Rahman went and placed before them whatever there was and asked them to eat. They inquired: Where is our host? He urged them to eat. They retorted: We shall not eat till our host comes. He pleaded: Please accept our hospitality, for if he arrives and finds that you have not eaten he will be wroth with us. But they persisted in their refusal. Abdur Rahman says:. I realised that Abu Bakr would be upset and so when he came I withdrew. He inquired: How did you fare? and was informed of what had happened. He called out: Abdur Rahman; but I kept silent. He then called out: You stupid lout, I put you on oath that if you hear my voice come forth. So I came out and said: Ask your guests. They said: He is telling the truth. He did bring the food to us. Then Abu Bakr said: You waited for me, but by Allah I shall not eat of this food this night. The guests said: We shall not eat, unless you eat also. Abu. Bakr said: Ruin seize you, what is the matter with you that you do not accept our hospitality? Bring the food. It was brought, and he said: My oath was incited by Satan. He put forth his hand, pronounced the name of Allah and ate, and they also ate (Bokhari and Muslim). 1509. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: There were among the people before you men who were the recipients of revelation. . Should there be one such from among my people it would be Umar (Muslim). 1510. Jabir ibn Samurah relates that the people of Kufa complained to. Umar against Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqqas and Umar appointed Ammar governor of Kufa in place of Sa'ad. Their complaint was that he did not even conduct the Prayer services properly. Umar sent for Sa'ad to Medina and said to him:. Abu Ishaq, they complain that you did not conduct the Prayer services properly. Sa'ad replied: I conducted the services according to the model of the. Holy Prophet without the least detraction. For instance, in the evening Prayer. I made the first two raka'as long and the last two raka'as short. Umar said:. This is what I too think about you, Abu Ishak; and he sent with him a man (or some men) to Kufa to inquire about him from the people of Kufa. The