بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
Bismi-llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm
"In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."
Rasulullah sallallaahu alayhi wasallam & A Blind Jewish Beggar
In the corner of the market in Medina Al-Munawwarah, there was a blind Jewish beggar who always shouted, "Don't listen to Muhammad, he is crazy, he is a liar, he is a sorcerer, & u will be under his spell whenever u are near him." No matter whoever approached him, the blind Jewish beggar would definitely not waste his chance to incite them to hate Rasulullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam !
All kinds of curses would spew forth from the beggar's lips even though he had never known the Rasool of Allah personally!
Yet every morning Rasulullah sallallaahu alayhi wasallam brought food & helped the beggar eat the food without saying anything. Aиϑ Rasulullah Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam continued to feed the blind beggar without fail each day until he, sallallaahu alayhi wasallam was called back to Allah.
One day, Abubakar (Radiallahu anhu) visited his daughter Aisha ( radiallaahu anha). He asked her, " O my child, is there any sunnah (habit) of my beloved Rasool that I have yet to carry on?"
Aisha ( radiallaahu anha) replied, " Dear Father, u are verily a follower of the Sunnah of Rasulullah & there is none that u have yet to do except for one deed only!
Every morning Rasulullah sallallaahu alayhi wasallam brought food for the beggar at the corner of the market."
The next day, Abubakr (radiallaahu anhu) went to the market with food for the beggar & helped him eat. When Abubakr started to feed him, the beggar was furious & yelled, "Who are u?" Abubakar replied, "I am the usual person."
At the first handful of food being fed to him, the blind Jewish beggar became angry & shouted out ," Who are u?"
Abubakr answered " I am the one who usually feeds u every morning".
"No! Don't u lie to me!" objected the blind beggar.
Abubakr was shocked. How could the blind beggar even know it was not him.
" Why do u say so?"
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The beggar answered," Because when he comes to me, I always felt it easy to hold his hand & found it easy to chew the food he fed me! The man who used to feed me would make the food fine by chewing it before feeding it to me!"
Abubakr radiallaahu anhu could not hold back his tears anymore & he burst out crying .He disclosed who he actually was.
"Verily, I am not the one who used to come & feed u. I am one of his Companions for the noble one is alive no more! He was none other than the Blessed Rasool of Allah, Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wassallam!"
"Muhammad?" asked the blind old Jewish beggar, totally shocked with what he had just heard.
" U mean to tell me that the one who came each morning without fail & fed me with his hand was Muhammad?"
"Yes! It was Muhammad!" answered Abubakr.
Immediately, the blind old Jewish beggar wailed out in despair & cried so pitifully coming to realise that it was none other than the Holy Rasool who had been feeding him daily while he had been cursing & slandering him!
"Not once has he ever scolded me ! He kept coming every morning to feed me! He is so noble!.." cried the old blind Jewish beggar as he wiped away his flowing tears on his cheeks.
The blind beggar reached out to Saiyidina Abubakr As Siddiq, the first Caliph of the Muslims & testified before him the Kalimah Shahadah :
'Ash hadoo Allah ila ha ill lall Lah! Wa ash hadoo anna Muhammad darr Rasulullah!' declaring that There is No God but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah!
From that moment onwards, the blind old Jewish beggar became a Muslim.
اللهم صلى على سيدنا محمد و على ال سيدنا محمد و بارك و سلم
Allahumma salle alaa Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ala aali Sayyidina Muhammadin wa baarik wasallim. 🍃
