Holy Prophet's Kindness to Children — Page 41
41 12–Be Kind to Servants It was Mansoor’s turn next. He began his story like this: ‘My brother delivers newspapers in the morning before school. If he makes a mistake, he is told off, shouted at, and sometimes fined by the newsagent. He is not always paid on time. The shopkeeper with- holds his wages sometimes for weeks. The other day when I went to the mosque, I heard the Imam saying that during the days of the Holy Prophet s as , there lived a boy called Anas. He was one of the most devoted followers of the Holy Prophet s as. His mother had left him in the company of the Holy Prophet s as , when he was ten years old. He had the good fortune of serving in his household for many years. He related that the Holy Prophet had never told him off for not doing something, which he ought to have done or for doing something he should not have done. Anas also claimed that he never saw anyone else who would show such kindness to children. ’ Mansoor said, ‘This incident shows that the Holy