Hadith 97

it. I-asws shall return it to you, if Allah-azwj the Exalted so Desires’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘Salman-ra took the woollen robe, then came with it to Shamoun the Jew. He-ra said to him, ‘O Shamoun! This is a Woollen robe of (Syeda) Fatima-asws daughter-asws of Muhammad-saww. She-asws is saying to you: ‘Lend me-asws a Sa’a of dates and a Sa’a of barley upon it. I-asws shall return it to you, if Allah-azwj so Desires’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘Shamoun took the woollen robe, then went on to turn it in his hands, and his eyes were flowing with the tears, and he said, ‘O Salman-ra! This, it is the ascetism in the world. This is which Musa Bin Imran-as has informed us with in the Torah. I testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj, and I testify that Muhammad-saww is His-azwj servant and His-azwj Rasool-saww’. So, he became a Muslim and his Islam was good. Then he handed over to Salman-ra, a Sa’a of dates and a Sa’a of barley. Salman-ra came with it to Fatima-asws. She-asws cooked it with her-asws hands and she-asws made bread for him-ra, then came with it to Salman-ra. She-asws said to him-ra: ‘Take it, and go with it to the Prophet-saww’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘Salman-ra said to her-asws, ‘O (Syeda) Fatima-asws! Take one disc (of bread) from it, you-asws can distract Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws with it’. She-asws said: ‘O Salman-ra! This is something we-asws have accomplished for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic. It isn’t for us-asws to take something from it’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘Salman-ra took it and came with it to the Prophet-saww. When the Prophet-saww looked at Salman-ra, he-saww said to him-ra: ‘O Salman-ra! From where is this for you-ra? ’ He-ra said, ‘From the house of your-saww daughter (Syeda) Fatima-asws’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘And the Prophet-saww had not eaten any food since three (days). The Prophet-saww leapt until he-saww came to the chamber of (Syeda) Fatima-asws. He-saww knocked the door. And it was so that whenever the Prophet-saww knocked the door, no one would open the door except (Syeda) Fatima-asws. So when she-asws opened the door for him-as, he-saww looked at the paleness of her-asws face and the change of her-asws cheeks. He-saww said to her-asws: ‘O daughter-asws! What is that which I-saww see from the paleness of your-asws face and changes in your-asws cheeks? ’
She-asws said: ‘O father-asws! Is has been three (days) for us-asws we-asws have not eaten any food, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws have been restless unto me-asws from the severity of hunger. Then they-asws slept as if they-asws were two chicks (with feathers) plucked out’. He (Ibn Abbas) said, ‘The Prophet-saww awakened them-asws. He-saww took one upon his-saww right thigh, and the other upon his-saww left thigh, and seated (Syeda) Fatima-asws in front, and the Prophet-saww hugged them-asws, and Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws entered and hugged the Prophet-saww from behind him-saww. Then the Prophet-saww raised his-saww glance towards the sky and said, ‘My-saww God-azwj! And my-saww Chief! And my-saww Master-azwj! They-asws are People-asws of my-saww Household. O Allah-azwj! Keep t