One
of the Sahabah was keeping fast after fast, as he could not get anything to eat.
Hadhrat Thabit (Radhiyallaho anho) came to know of this. He told his wife:
"I
shall bring a guest tonight. When we sit at the meal, put out the lamp,
pretending to set it right, and you are not to eat anything until the guest has
taken his fill."
The
scheme worked out as in the last story. The husband and wife sat with the guest
and the simple soul never suspected in the least- that neither of them had
partaken at all of the food, though their hands and jaws seemed to he moving
all right. When Hadhrat Thabit (Radhiyallaho anho) repaired to the Prophet's
(Sallallaho wasallam) presence next morning, he was greeted with the happy
news;
"O, Thabit! Allah has very
much appreciated your tertainment of the guest last night."
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