Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 498
CHAPTER 20 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's good Conduct 498 the mosque. H u du r sa came to the mosque before the morning prayer and started to wake them up for the prayer. It was his practice to say " S al a t, S al a t" to the sleeping ones. He was sleeping on his tummy when he felt that someone was twisting his foot and saying, "It is not good to sleep in this way. " He looked up and it was the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. 11 Hospitality of the starving people Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra relates, "I would stay on at the door of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa to listen to his words, even while I would be starving. Once in a state of hunger, I asked the meaning of one verse from Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra and Hadrat ‘Umar ra. This verse referred to the feeding of the poor. They explained the meanings and went away. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa came and by looking at me he realized that I was starving. " He enquired from me, 'O Ab u Hurairah, are you hungry?' Then he took me to his house,where a bowl of milk was available. H u du r sa loved the poor men amongst 'A sha b-e- S uffah'. He told me to call them as well. I became worried thatthe milk would finish. Even more worrying was the fact that when these poor people came, H u du r sa gave the bowl of milk to me and told me to give it to these poor people to drink. When all of them had their fill, H u du r sa told me to drink. He told me to drink more and even more until I was unable to drink any more. I told him, "I am