40 Hadīths For Children With Stories* *Episode 4: The Mirror

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*40 Hadīths For Children With Stories*

*Episode 4: The Mirror*

Once upon a time, a vizier was walking around the market with his high officials. He came across the slave market. Pitiful people who had lost their freedom were being sold one by one.

The vizier approached the slaves. He wanted to see them more closely. Just then, an old slave said to the vizier: 

"There is a stain on your turban, sir."

The vizier took off his turban and examined it. The slave was right. This meant that he had been walking through the market with a stained turban for hours and everybody had seen it. How embarrassing! Then he looked at his companions sadly and said to them:

"You saw the stain on my turban, yet you closed your eyes and didn't tell me anything about it. I just realised that my real friend was that poor slave. I cannot let my true friend be sold as a slave! Buy him immediately and set him free."

Later, the vizier had the following Hadīth of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Blessings and Peace of Allāh be upon him) framed and sent it to his men so that they would never forget this incident:

المؤمن مرآةالمؤمن

رواه أبوداود

*"A Muslim is the mirror of another Muslim."*

*[Abū Dāwud)*

Source of the Hadīth: Abū Dāwud, Kitāb al-Adab, Hadīth Number 49.

Pearls Of Motivation*

Loss is never easy. Loss of a loved one, loss of wealth, loss of a job. All these can break your heart. But don’t let it make you lose hope in the Mercy of Almighty Allāh. Your heart will heal; it will soften. You’ll draw closer to Him. You’ll feel whole again.