Eat, O Bedouin

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During a battle in Constantinople, Mugheerah Bin ‘Abdur-Rahmaan Bin Haarith Bin Hishaam was injured in the eye. He was a man known for his generosity, especially when it came to feeding his guests.

It is related that a bedouin came to him once and continued to stare at him without eating anything that was proffered to him.

Mugheerah said, “What is with you, O Bedouin, that you do not eat as the people eat?“

He said, “By Allaah, I am indeed amazed at the abundance of food that you serve, but I have doubts about your eye.“

Mugheerah asked, “And what makes you have doubts about it?“

He said, “I see that you are one-eyed and that you feed others. And I have heard one who was describing Dajjaal (the Ant-Christ) in a sermon in the Mosque (that he is one-eyed).“

Mugheerah laughed and said, “Eat, O Bedouin, for indeed the Dajjaal will not be inflicted in his eye while he is fighting in the way of Allaah!“

[Taken from "Gems And Jewls", P. 193]
 
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