8.5:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "While three persons
were traveling, they were overtaken by rain and they took
shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock fell from the
mountain over the mouth of the cave and blocked it. They said
to each other. 'Think of such good (righteous) deeds which,
you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving
reference to those deeds so that Allah may relieve you from
your difficulty. one of them said, 'O Allah! I had my parents
who were very old and I had small children for whose sake I
used to work as a shepherd. When I returned to them at night
and milked (the sheep), I used to start giving the milk to my
parents first before giving to my children. And one day I went
far away in search of a grazing place (for my sheep), and
didn't return home till late at night and found that my
parents had slept. I milked (my livestock) as usual and
brought the milk vessel and stood at their heads, and I
disliked to wake them up from their sleep, and I also disliked
to give the milk to my children before my parents though my
children were crying (from hunger) at my feet. So this state
of mine and theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!)
If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your
pleasure, then please let there be an opening through which we
can see the sky.' So Allah made for them an opening through
which they could see the sky. Then the second person said, 'O
Allah! I had a she−cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate
man love a woman. I tried to seduce her but she refused till I
paid her one−hundred Dinars So I worked hard till I collected
one hundred Dinars and went to her with that But when I sat in
between her legs (to have sexual intercourse with her), she
said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah ! Do not deflower
me except legally (by marriage contract). So I left her O
Allah! If you considered that I had done that only for seeking
Your pleasure then please let the rock move a little to have a
(wider) opening.' So Allah shifted that rock to make the
opening wider for them. And the last (third) person said 'O
Allah ! I employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq (a
certain measure: of rice, and when he had finished his job he
demanded his wages, but when I presented his due to him, he
gave it up and refused to take it. Then I kept on sowing that
rice for him (several times) till managed to buy with the
price of the yield, some cows and their shepherd Later on the
laborer came to me an said. '(O Allah's slave!) Be afraid o
Allah, and do not be unjust to me an give me my due.' I said
(to him). 'Go and take those cows and their shepherd. So he
took them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You considered that
I had done that for seeking Your pleasure, then please remove
the remaining part of the rock.' And so Allah released them
(from their difficulty).
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "While three persons
were traveling, they were overtaken by rain and they took
shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock fell from the
mountain over the mouth of the cave and blocked it. They said
to each other. 'Think of such good (righteous) deeds which,
you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving
reference to those deeds so that Allah may relieve you from
your difficulty. one of them said, 'O Allah! I had my parents
who were very old and I had small children for whose sake I
used to work as a shepherd. When I returned to them at night
and milked (the sheep), I used to start giving the milk to my
parents first before giving to my children. And one day I went
far away in search of a grazing place (for my sheep), and
didn't return home till late at night and found that my
parents had slept. I milked (my livestock) as usual and
brought the milk vessel and stood at their heads, and I
disliked to wake them up from their sleep, and I also disliked
to give the milk to my children before my parents though my
children were crying (from hunger) at my feet. So this state
of mine and theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!)
If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your
pleasure, then please let there be an opening through which we
can see the sky.' So Allah made for them an opening through
which they could see the sky. Then the second person said, 'O
Allah! I had a she−cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate
man love a woman. I tried to seduce her but she refused till I
paid her one−hundred Dinars So I worked hard till I collected
one hundred Dinars and went to her with that But when I sat in
between her legs (to have sexual intercourse with her), she
said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah ! Do not deflower
me except legally (by marriage contract). So I left her O
Allah! If you considered that I had done that only for seeking
Your pleasure then please let the rock move a little to have a
(wider) opening.' So Allah shifted that rock to make the
opening wider for them. And the last (third) person said 'O
Allah ! I employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq (a
certain measure: of rice, and when he had finished his job he
demanded his wages, but when I presented his due to him, he
gave it up and refused to take it. Then I kept on sowing that
rice for him (several times) till managed to buy with the
price of the yield, some cows and their shepherd Later on the
laborer came to me an said. '(O Allah's slave!) Be afraid o
Allah, and do not be unjust to me an give me my due.' I said
(to him). 'Go and take those cows and their shepherd. So he
took them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You considered that
I had done that for seeking Your pleasure, then please remove
the remaining part of the rock.' And so Allah released them
(from their difficulty).
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