Sahabah Stories Sympathy and Self-Sacrifice

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Sympathy and Self-Sacrifice : 

The Sahabah, as a class, were an embodiment of righteousness. They attained a standard which is rather difficult to emulate in a corrupt society. we would be fortunate if we really attain even a partial resemblance to their chracter. Some of the qualities are especially their own, and self-sacrifice is one of these. ALLAH has made a mention of this in the Holy Quran in these words.
"They prefer others above themselves though poverty be-come their lot. LIX : 9."

Feeding in the Darkness : 

One came to the prophet (PBUH) and complained of hunger. Just then the prophet (PBUH) had nothing in hand or in his home, to feed him. He asked the Sahabah:

"Would anybody entertain this person tonight on my behalf ?"

One of the Ansar said : 

"O, Prophet of ALLAH, I will do that."

The Ansari took the person to his house and instructed his wife : 

"Look here, this man is a guest of the Prophet (PBUH). We will entertain him as best as we can and won't spare anything in doing so."

The wife replied : "By ALLAH ! I have get no food in the house except a very little something just enough for the children."
The Ansari said : "You lull the children to sleep without feeding them, while I sit with the guest over the meagre meal. When we start eating, you put out the lamp pretending to set it right, so that the guest may not know my not sharing the meal with him."

The scheme worked out nicely, and the whole family including the children stayed hungry to enable the guest to eat to his fill. It was over this incident that ALLAH revealed the verse:

" They prefer others above themselves though poverty become their lot (LIX:9)."

There are quite a lot of similar incidents about the Sahabah.The following is one of these.

Feeding a fasting sahabi : 

One of the Sahabah was keeping fast after fast, as he could not get anything to eat. Thabit (Radhiallaho anho) came to know of this. He told his wife 
"I shall bring a guest tonight. When we sit at the meal, you 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 set with the guest and the simple soul never suspected in the feast that neither of them had partaken anything of the food,though their hands and jaws seemed to be moving all right.When Thabit repaired to the prophet's (PBUH) presence next morning, he was greeted with the happy news.

"O, Thabit ! ALLAH has very much appreciated your entertainment of the guest last night."