Gardens of the Righteous — Page 78
78. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 344. Abdullah ibn Dinar relates about Abdullah ibn Umar that a desert. Arab chanced to meet him on the way to Mecca; Abdullah ibn Umar greeted him, asked him to ride with him on the donkey he was riding and gave him the turban he was wearing. Abdullah ibn Dinar relates: We said to him: May. Allah be good to you, these rustics are pleased with little. Abdullah ibn Umar said: This man's father was my father's friend and I have heard the Holy. Prophet say: The highest virtue is that a person should be benevolent towards his father's friends and the members of their families (Muslim). 345. Ibn Dinar relates about Abdullah ibn Umar that when the latter travelled to Mecca and got tired riding a camel, he would take it easy riding on a donkey of his, and would wind a turban round his head. When one day he was riding on his donkey a desert Arab passed by him and he said to him: Are you not So and So son of So and So? The man said: Indeed. Abdullah gave him the donkey and said: Ride it; and gave him his turban and said: Wind it round your head. Some of his companions said to him. May Allah forgive you, you have given this rustic the donkey on which you took your ease and the turban that you wound round your head. He said: I have heard the Holy. Prophet say: It is of the highest virtue that a person should be benevolent towards the members of the families of the friends of his father after his death. . This man's father was a friend of my father (Muslim). 346. Malik ibn Rabi'a Sa'idi relates that they were sitting with the Holy. Prophet when a man of the Bani Salamah came and asked: Messenger of. Allah, is there anything by means of which I can exercise benevolence towards my parents after their death? He answered: Yes; by praying for them and asking forgiveness for them, fulfilling their promises, exercising benevolence towards those related through them and honouring their friends (Abu Daud). 347. Ayesha relates: I did not envy any of the wives of the Holy Prophet so much as I envied Khadijah, though I had never seen her. The Holy Prophet mentioned her often. When a goat was slaughtered, he would cut it into pieces and send them to Khadijah's friends. Sometimes I would say to him: You talk of her as if there never was any woman in the world beside Khadijah; and he would say: She was such and such, and I had children from her (Bokhari and Muslim). . One version is: He would slaughter a goat and send the meat to her friends as a present as much as was available. Another version is: When a goat was slaughtered he would say: Send out of it to Khadijah's friends. On one occasion,. Halah bint Khuwailad, sister of Khadijah, asked permission of the Holy. Prophet to come in. He recognised and recalled the manner of Khadijah and was deeply moved. He exclaimed, O Allah, let it be Halah bint Khuwailad. 348. Anas ibn Malik relates that he went on a journey with Jarir ibn. Abdullah Bujali and the latter served him though he was older than Anas. So. Anas said to him: Do not do so. He replied: I saw the Ansar serve the Holy. Prophet with such devotion that I made a vow that whenever I am in the company of any of them I must serve him (Bokhari and Muslim).