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Madinay ki Machli | The Fish of Madinah
Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهَا has stated, ‘We have never ever eaten until full for three consecutive days, even though we could eat but (instead of eating) we used to give it selflessly’.
(Attargheeb Wattarheeb, vol. 4, pp. 92, Hadees 86)
Most important ruling regarding the fast of a child
In the abovementioned Madani parable, regarding the issue of feeding the guest with some food that was kept for children, ‘Allamah Shaykh ‘Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dihlvi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated: ‘The venerated scholars رَحِمَـهُـمُ الـلّٰـهُ الـسَّلَام have deduced from the incident that the children were not hungry, instead, they were asking for food as it is a common habit of the children. Otherwise, if they had been hungry, it was Wajib to feed the hungry children before the guest. How could they have left Wajib (because one who leaves Wajib is a sinner) whereas, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has praised Abu Talhah and his wife رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا.
(Ashi’a-tul-Lam’aat, vol. 4, pp. 740)
From this explanation of Hadees, we have come to know that it is Wajib on the parents to feed the children when they are hungry. A ruling is worth mentioning over here. Though it is permissible to make a child fast in Ramadan-ul-Mubarak, if the child asks for food because of hunger, it will become Wajib for the parents to feed him, whether the child may be fasting for the very first time. If the parents will not feed the child, (in
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- Excellence of Salat-‘Alan-Nabi صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- Grapes sacrificed
- Definition of Isaar (selflessness)
- Sacred habit of Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم in his blessed childhood
- You can never attain virtue
- Explanation of this verse
- Sacks of sugar
- Beloved garden
- An excellent horse
- Farooq-e-A’zam liked the slave girl, so he set her free!
- The fine camel of Sayyiduna Abu Zar Ghifari
- Three benefits are obtained from wealth
- Inheritor’s wealth
- Selflessness of a terminally-ill patient!
- Astonishing swiftness in generosity!
- Carry out good deeds swiftly
- Accepted the request without reading it!
- Heart can be purchased with benevolence, not with money
- Generous is not the one who gives only when requested
- Regret for not communicating with the friend
- An unusual hospitality
- Beloved Prophet did not keep food for the next day
- Most important ruling regarding the fast of a child
- If there is gold equivalent to the Uhud mountain, even then…
- O you who preach Sunnah!
- Bracelet of fire
- Selflessness of Sayyidatuna Fatimah
- Great reward for feeding someone
- Unique dining mat
- Excellence of forgoing one’s desire
- Methods to earn reward of selflessness, free of cost
- Reward of selflessness, Jannah without accountability
- Skull of a goat
- Qutb-e-Madinah mentioned the parable of a selfless businessman
- Unique dacoits
- Selflessly, gave his food to a dog
- A strange parable of dog’s selflessness!
- Selflessness, even at the time of death
- One who gave water selflessly, entered Jannah
- Madani parable of selflessness
- 14 Madani pearls about clothing
- Madani attire
- Du’a of ‘Attar
