Hadith 12

n were crying from the hunger and the thirst. But, I did not cease pausing, not concerned with my wife and children, until she woke up from her own self. I quenched her until she was saturated. Then I went with its left-over to my wife and children. O Allah-azwj! Surely You–azwj Know that I, rather did that – hoping for Your–azwj Rewards and fearing Your–azwj Punishment, then Relieved from us by the right of Him-azwj, the superior, the honourable, chief of the former ones and the latter ones, whom You–azwj Ennobled by his–saww Progeny-asws being the most superior of the progenies of the Prophets–as, and his–saww companions being the most honourable of the companions of the Messengers–as, and his–saww community being the best of the communities in their entirety’. He–asws said: ‘Another third of the rock moved, and the light entered upon them, and their hopes for salvation strengthened. And the third one said, ‘O Allah-azwj! Surely You–azwj Know – I was in love with the most beautiful woman from the Children of Israel, and I courted her, but she refused upon me except with one hundred Dinars, and I did not happen to own anything. I did not cease to travel the lands, and the seas, and the coasts and the mountains and I faced dangers, and I travelled the deserts and wastelands, and I was exposed to the destruction, and kept collecting (money) until I collected it and gave it to her, and she enabled me from herself. When I sat from her with a sitting of the man from his wife, her limbs trembled, and she said to me, ‘O servant of Allah-azwj! I am a virgin girl, therefore do not break the seal of Allah-azwj except by the Command of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, for rather I was carried upon it to enable you from myself – the severe need (of money)’. I arose from her and left her, and left the one hundred Dinars for her. O Allah-azwj! Surely You–azwj Know that I rather did that hoping for Your–azwj Rewards, and fearing Your–azwj Punishment. Therefore, Relieve from us by the right of Him-azwj, the superior, the honourable, chief of the former ones and the latter ones, whom You–azwj Ennoble by his–saww Progeny-asws being the most superior of the progenies of the Prophets–as, and his–saww companions being the most honourable of the companions of the Messengers–as, and his–saww community being the best of the communities in their entirety’. He–asws said: ‘So the rock moved away, all of it, and rolled down, and it was calling out in an eloquent voice, clear, they heard it and understood it: ‘Due to the excellence of your news, you have been rescued, and by Him-azwj, the superior, the honourable, chief of the former ones and the latter ones, the one particularised with a Progeny-asws superior (than that of) the Prophets–as, and companions more honourable (than that of) the Messengers–as, and with the best community. You are fortunate and have attained the best levels’’. [13]