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The maid of a famous companion Sayyidunā Abū Dardā رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ once said to him, ‘O master, tell me the truth whether you are a human or a jinn?’ He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, ‘اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I am a human.’ She said, ‘You do not seem to be a human since I have been feeding you poison for the last forty days and nothing happened to you.’ He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, ‘Do you not know about those people who continue doing Żikrullāĥ in abundance, nothing can harm them and I do the same with Ism-e-A’ẓam.’ She enquired of that Ism-e-A’ẓam. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said (I recite this before I eat or drink anything):
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الَّذِیْ لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِه
شَیْءٌ فِی الْاَرْضِ وَ لَا فِی السَّمَآءِ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ
Translation: I begin with the name of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ with the blessings of whose name nothing from the earth and skies can cause any harm. He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Afterwards, he رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْـهُ asked his maid about the reason of poisoning his food. She said, ‘I had hatred against you.’ Listening to her reply, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, ‘(لِوَجۡهِ اللّٰه) i.e., I have freed you for the sake of Allah عَـزَّوَجَــلَّ. And whatever harms you did to me, I have forgiven you.’ (Ḥayāt-ul-Ḥaywān-ul-Kubrā, vol. 1, pp. 391)
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! What great people they were! And, of course, they were the right commentators of the verse in the Holy Quran:
اِدۡ فَعۡ بِا لَّتِیۡ ھِیَ اَحۡسَنُ
Repel the evil with one which is better.
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 24, Sūraĥ Ḥā-Mīm As-Sajdaĥ, verse 34)
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