Hazrat Salman Farsi — Page 26
The Banu Quraizah's date orchard, where I worked was near Quba. That day, while I was climbing a tree to pick dates, my master. sat below, supervising. Suddenly, one of his relatives approached, angrily speaking ill of the Ansaar tribes. He informed my slave-master that the Ansaar had gathered in Quba around a man claiming to be God's. prophet, who had just arrived from Makkah. Hearing this, I was overjoyed and nearly fell from the tree. My body was trembling with anticipation. Unable to contain myself, I climbed down and asked the man to repeat what he had said. My slave-master, seeing my eagerness, became angry. He slapped me hard, saying, 'What concern is this of yours? Go back to work!' How could I not be concerned? I had 26