He then began to eat with them, and upon finishing, he said to the poor people: I accepted your invitation, so, accept my invitation in return. The poor people then all accompanied Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ back to his blessed home. Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ gave them food to eat, water to drink and gave them gifts. After finishing, they all left his blessed home. (Tafseer Saawi, under the verse 23, vol. 3, p. 1021)

The humbleness of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ

Sayyidah Aneesah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا states: Ameer-ul-Mumineen, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ lived in our neighbourhood for three years before becoming the caliph, and for one year after becoming the caliph. The young girls from the locality would bring their goats to him, and to please them, he would himself milk the goats (to give to the children). Sayyiduna Muhammad bin Sa’d and others رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم state: When he (Sayyiduna Abu Bakr رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ) was made the caliph, a small girl who lived locally came and said, ‘You have now become the caliph, you will not extract the milk (from our goats) and give it to us anymore.’ Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq then stated, ‘Why wouldn’t I! I will continue to extract milk and give it to you, and with the grace of Allah Almighty, I have complete certainty that there will be no change of any kind in my conduct towards you.’ Thus, even after becoming the caliph, he رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ would extract milk from the goats and give it to the children. (Tahzeeb-ul-Asma`, vol. 2, p. 480)

Encouragement to act upon good deed number 55

Dear Islamic brothers! Without a doubt, if we look at the lives of the pious predecessors, a distinctive feature of their blessed lives was their humbleness and humility, and not even a trace of arrogance or pride can be found therein. If we also wish to remain safeguarded from arrogance and pride, and wish to adopt humbleness, then we need to associate with such an environment in which we can attain the company of virtuous people, who are punctual in their Salah, who keep fasts, and who carry the qualities of humbleness and humility themselves. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه, Dawat-e-Islami, the religious movement of the devotees of Prophet, provides us with such an environment in which we are encouraged to become pious worshippers and to avoid sins. We are taught to rectify ourselves and others, and in order to achieve this