A SICK MAN
ONE evening Muhammad (pbuh) learnt that a slave was very ill. His
master was a Jew and was as unkind to him as any heartless man could
be. It was in a dark and dingy room that the sick man was lying and
when Muhammad (pbuh) went to see him, he took him to be another slave
whom his master might have sent to look after him. He asked Muhammad
(pbuh) “has my master sent you to look after me?”
“Yes our master has sent me to look after you,” replied
Muhammad (pbuh) and spent the night with the ailing man.
Next morning when the poor slave saw Muhammad (pbuh) sitting beside
him, he wondered, “surely you will be the saviour of the slave,
oh young chief!” he said.
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