Anas ibn Malik said, "A woman came to 'A'isha and 'A'isha gave her three
dates. She gave each of her two children a date and kept one date for herself.
The children ate the two dates and then looked at their mother. She took
her date and split it into two and gave each child a half of it. The Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came and 'A'isha told him about
it. He said, 'Are you surprised at that? Allah will show her mercy because
of her mercy towards her child.'"
Anas said, "One day I visited the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, and there was only myself, my mother and my aunt, Umm Hiram. When
he came to us, he asked us, 'Shall I pray with you?' It was not the time
of an obligatory prayer." One of those listening to the person relating this
asked, "Where did he put in Anas in relation to him?" The reply was, "He
put him to his right." The report from Anas continues, "Then he prayed with
us and made supplication for us, the people of the house, that we would have
the best of the blessings of this world and the Next. My mother said, 'Messenger
of Allah, make supplication to Allah for your little servant,' and he asked
Allah to grant me every blessing. At the end of his supplication, he said,
'O Allah, grant him a lot of money and many children and bless him!'"
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: أَتُقَبِّلُونَ صِبْيَانَكُمْ؟ فَمَا نُقَبِّلُهُمْ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَوَ أَمْلِكُ لَكَ أَنْ نَزَعَ اللَّهُ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ الرَّحْمَةَ؟.
'A'isha said, "A bedouin came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, and asked, "Do you kiss your children? We do not kiss them.'
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Can I put mercy
in your hearts after Allah has removed it from them?'"
Jubayr ibn Nufayr said, "One day we were sitting when al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad
when a man passed us. The man said, 'Blessing be to those two eyes which
saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. By Allah,
I wish that I had seen what you have seen and witnessed what you have witnessed!'
This angered al-Miqdad and that surprised me as the man had said nothing
but good things. Then he turned to them and said, 'What made the man desire
to summon back what Allah has taken away? Does he not realise what his situation
would be if he had seen him? By Allah, if certain people had been with the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, Allah would
have thrown them on their faces into Hellfire since they would neither have
answered nor confirmed him? Do you not praise Allah Almighty since He brought
you forth and you only know your Lord and confirm what your Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, brought? You see enough affliction in
other people. By Allah, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, was sent in the harshest state in which any Prophet was ever sent
- in a gap (in the line of prophethood) and the time of Ignorance. They
did not believe that the deen was better than worshipping idols. He brought
the Discrimination by which it is possible to discriminate between the true
and false, and which can part a father from his child. Then a man will think
of his father, child or brother as an unbeliever. Allah has loosened the
locks of his heart by faith and he knows that the other person will be destroyed
in the Fire. Therefore his eye is not cool since he knows that the one he
loves will be in the Fire. It is what Allah says, "Those who say, 'Our
Lord, give us joy in our wives and children." (25:74)'"
