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[and] he remains patient, so I will make him enter Paradise in exchange for his eyes.” (Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 4, pp. 6, Ḥadīš 5653)
Ĥay ṣabr to khazānaĥ-e-Firdaus bhāīyon!
Shikwaĥ na ‘āshiqaun kī zabāno pay ā sakay
Once a trader visited the holy Makkaĥ. Abū Jaĥl bought some merchandise from him but stalled on payment. The trader got deeply upset and went to the people of Quraysh and said, “Is there anyone who could take pity on me and get Abū Jaĥl to pay me?” Pointing towards a person sitting at a corner of Masjid, people said, “Talk to him, he will certainly help you.” The Quraysh had sent him to that person so that Abū Jaĥl would insult that person if he approached him and they would enjoy. The merchant approached the person and narrated the whole story. He stood up, approached the house of Abū Jaĥl and knocked at the door. Abū Jaĥl asked from the inside, “Who is it?” The reply came, “Muhammad (صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم).” Abū Jaĥl came, and was aghast. He asked, “What brings you here?” The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Why do you not pay his money?” He replied, “I am just paying him.” Then, he went inside, brought the money, handed it over to the traveller and went in. People seeing him asked, “Abū Jaĥl, you acted really strange. Didn’t you?” He replied, “When Muhammad (صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) called my name out, I got frightened at once. As I got out, a horrifying sight was there. I
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