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“Is there anyone left in the mosque?”
I answered him “No!” He
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asked me again:
“Look! Invite whomever you encounter on your way!” I invited. He asked:
“Is there anyone who was left behind?”
I answered, “No, O the apostle of Allah.” The rooms and the table were filled. He said
to me:
“Bring the dish here!” I brought the dish and put it in front of Him.
The Prophet said: “Make circles of ten.” He placed his blessed hand on that little
amount of food, uttered supplications, and told them to help themselves. All of them
ate and were fully satisfied. Afterwards, the Prophet said to me :
“Remove the food!” I removed it. However I could not tell if there was more food
when I put it down on the table or when I removed it. I brought the dish at the side of
the prophet’s
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wife. Then, I went to my mum and told her what had happened in
astonishment. She said,
“Do not be amazed! If the apostle of Allah had wanted all Medina folk to come and
eat from that food, all would have eaten and been fully satisfied.” It was informed
that the number of the people who went there and ate from the food was about three
hundred.
The increase of Jabir b. Abdullah’s crops of date enough for
paying his debts:
The father of Jabir, Abdullah b. Amr b. Haram was martyred in the battle of
Uhud and left behind six daughters along with a high loan. Abdullah b. Amr had two
groves with some date trees but these were not enough to pay for his debts. The
offer of reducing the debts was not accepted by the creditors, and another offer for
delaying the repay of debts was also rejected by them. For this reason, Jabir came to
the prophet Muhammad
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and said:
“O Apostle of Allah! As you know my father Abdullah was martyred in the battle of
Uhud. He left many debts behind. The creditors did not accept the total crops of the
dates in the grove!” and Jabir asked him to talk with the creditor, who was a Jew, and
become an intermediary for help.
The apostle of Allah
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asked the Jew to take all the crops of the date grove in
return for Jabir’s debts. However, the Jew did not accept it.
The Apostle of Allah
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talked with the Jew again. He asked him to delay Jabir’s
debt owed to him. The Jew did not accept this, either. The prophet Muhammad’s
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offer as repaying some of his debt that year and the rest in the following year was
not accepted by the Jew, either. He also insisted that all of the dates to be
given in return for his debt must be of good quality.
The following day, the apostle of Allah along with Hazrat Abu
Bakr and Umar went to the date grove of Hazrat
Jabir and prayed for blessing. He told Jabir:
عنہماللہاضیر
عنہللہاضیر
عنہللہاضیر