The Sincere Debtor

With us is the authentic story of a man from Bani Israel, who had no witnesses to his debt of a thousand Dinars except Allah, and he had no one to deliver the money to the creditor but Allah.

How did Allah help him deliver his debt? Read this narration from Sahih Al-Bukhari,2291, to know more.

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “An Israeli man asked another Israeli to lend him one thousand Dinars.

The second man required witnesses. The former replied, ‘Allah is sufficient as a witness.’ The second said, ‘I want a surety.’ The former replied, ‘Allah is sufficient as a surety.’ The second said, ‘You are right,’ and lent him the money for a certain period.

The debtor went across the sea. When he finished his job, he searched for a conveyance so that he might reach in time for the repayment of the debt, but he could not find any.

So, he took a piece of wood and made a hole in it, inserted in it one thousand Dinars and a letter to the lender and then closed (i.e. sealed) the hole tightly.

He took the piece of wood to the sea and said. ‘O Allah! You know well that I took a loan of one thousand Dinars from so-and-so. He demanded a surety from me but I told him that Allah’s Guarantee was sufficient and he accepted Your guarantee. He then asked for a witness and I told him that Allah was sufficient as a Witness, and he accepted You as a Witness. No doubt, I tried hard to find a conveyance so that I could pay his money but could not find, so I hand over this money to You.’ Saying that, he threw the piece of wood into the sea till it went out far into it, and then he went away.

Meanwhile he started searching for a conveyance in order to reach the creditor’s country.

One day the lender came out of his house to see whether a ship had arrived bringing his money, and all of a sudden he saw the piece of wood in which his money had been deposited. He took it home to use for fire. When he sawed it, he found his money and the letter inside it.

Shortly after that, the debtor came bringing one thousand Dinars to him and said, ‘By Allah, I had been trying hard to get a boat so that I could bring you your money, but failed to get one before the one I have come by.’ The lender asked, ‘Have you sent something to me?’ The debtor replied, ‘I have told you I could not get a boat other than the one I have come by.’

The lender said, ‘Allah has delivered on your behalf the money you sent in the piece of wood. So, you may keep your one thousand Dinars and depart guided on the right path.’ “

Forgotten Sunnah Series-3

Dua when putting on a garment.

Narrated Mu’adh ibn Anas:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said:

If anyone eats food and then says: “Praise be to Allah Who has fed me with this food and provided me with it through no might and power on my part,” he will be forgiven his former and later sins.

If anyone puts on a garment and says: “Praise be to Allah Who has clothed me with this and provided me with it through no might and power on my part,” he will be forgiven his former and later sins.

Dua after having food:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا الطَّعَامَ وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلاَ قُوَّةٍ

Dua when putting on a garment:
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا الثَّوْبَ وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلاَ قُوَّةٍ

(Sunan Abu Dawud,4023, Hassan according to Shaikh Al-Albani)

The story of the young companion,Tha‘labah bin Abdur Rahman who saw a glance of a woman doing ghusl, and died from fear of Allah is not authentic

The oft repeated story on the topic of ‘Lowering your Gaze’.

Tha‘labah ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahmaan was an orphan boy of the Ansaar, who was no older than sixteen years. He often used to sit with the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), who sent him on an errand one day to the markets of Madinah.

He passed by one of the houses of the Ansaar, and looked at the door of the house, which was open. There was a curtain to the hamaam (bathroom) that was closed, but the wind came and lifted the curtain, behind which there was a woman who was doing ghusl. He glanced at her once or twice, then he realised what was happening and took the matter very seriously.

He was afraid that verses would be revealed concerning him and that he would be described as one of the hypocrites because of this sin. He was afraid to go back to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), so he went out into the desert, and no one knew where he had gone.

When three days had gone by, (the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)) instructed some of the Sahaabah to go and look for him in Madinah, but they found no trace of him. He waited until forty days had passed, then he instructed them to look for him in the wilderness areas, because he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was worried about him.

They went and looked for him, and they came to a group of Bedouin and described him to them. The Bedouin said: Perhaps you are looking for the weeping boy? They said: Where is he? They said: On the slopes of this mountain; he will come down at the end of the day. So they lay in wait for him then they caught him and carried him to his house, because he was exhausted from weeping so much.

The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) went to him, and Tha‘labah asked him whether any verses had been revealed concerning him. He said: “No.”

Tha‘labah became very sick, and the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) sat beside him until he died (may Allah be pleased with him).

Then they offered the funeral prayer for him and when they carried the bier to bury him, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was walking on tiptoe.

‘Umar asked him about that and he said: “Woe to you, O ‘Umar. By Allah, I cannot find any place to put my feet because so many of the angels are crowding around me.”

Shaikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid explained that the chain for these narrations are extremely weak, hence the story is unreliable.

The Prophet ﷺ carried the luggage of a Jewish lady who wished to escape from Makkah after hearing of a ‘man called Muhammad’,an emotional but false narration.

One day Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was going somewhere at noon and it was too hot in the desert when he ﷺ saw an old woman carrying her luggage on her head.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ helped her and took the luggage from the woman and carried it for her.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ asked the woman that where she was going and why? She said that I am leaving this town as I have heard that a magician named Muhammad ﷺ is in town. As Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was very patient and kind, He ﷺ didn’t say a word and kept listening.
The old lady kept complaining that why she was leaving the town. In short the basic reason of her to leave the town was her misconception about Muhammad ﷺ, who was walking beside her and she didn’t knew it.
When they reached the destination, he ﷺ put down the bag and was about to leave when the old woman asked, “O, kind person! Atleast tell me your name!”.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ replied, “I am the person because of whom you left the town.”
The old lady was amazed to listen that and said that such a kind, helping and true person can never be wrong and therefore she also accepted Islam.

Shaykh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Suhaym was asked about it and he replied:

“I looked up this story and did not find any origin for it, and in some versions of the story, it was mentioned that the woman was a Jew. So this is very unlikely, as there were no Jews in Makkah but they were rather in Madeenah. Also, in some versions of the story, the Jewish woman described the Prophet ﷺ
as a Saabi’ [i.e. someone who abandons the religion of his forefathers]. However, it is the people of Makkah who described the Prophet ﷺ as a Saabi’. This causes us to believe that the story is fabricated and baseless.“

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Mariya Qibtiyyah wasn’t a wife of The Prophet ﷺ

Muslim apologists try to prove that Mariya Qibtiyyah (رضي الله عنها) was the wife of The Prophet ﷺ thereby trying to defend the honour of our beloved Prophet ﷺ.

However this is far from the truth and it is well established by proofs that Mariya Qibtiyyah was a slave girl of The Prophet ﷺ, and having a slave girl is not something disliked or prohibited.

Allah allows The Muslims to have slave girls (of course subjected to certain conditions):

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ

And those who guard their private parts

-Sura Al-Ma’arij, Ayah 29

إِلَّا عَلَىٰ أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ

Except from their wives or those their right hands possessions, for indeed, they are not to be blamed –

-Sura Al-Ma’arij, Ayah 30

(Sahih International)

Right hand possesions are nothing but slave girls.

See a detailed answer on the issue of Mariya Qibtiyyah here.