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Slave of Allah (SWT)
The Tests
Once Prophet Muhammad (SAW) related that there were three men from the Banu Isra’eel. One of them was a leper, the other bald, and the third blind. Allah (SWT) wanted to test them so He sent an angel to them.
The angel first went to the leper and asked him: “What would you like best?” He replied: “I would like a nice complexion, a beautiful skin, and that this sickness goes away from me whereby people do not allow me to sit with them and which they hate.” The angel passed his hand over the body of that person. The man was immediately cured – a nice complexion and beautiful skin appeared. The angel then asked him: “What type of wealth do you like the most?” He replied: “Camels.” So the angel gave him a pregnant camel and told him: “May Allah (SWT) give you barakah in this.”
The angel then went to the bald man and asked him: “What would you like best?” He replied: “That my hair grows nicely and that this sickness which people dislike goes away from me!” The angel passed his hand over the man’s head, and he was immediately cured and beautiful hair began to grow. The angel asked him: “What type of wealth do you like the most?” The man replied: “Cows.” So the angel gave him a pregnant cow and told him: “May Allah (SWT) give you barakah in this.”
Eventually the angel went to the blind man and asked him: “What would you like most?” The man replied: “That Allah (SWT) gives me back my sight so that I may be able to see everyone.” The angel passed his hand over the man’s eyes and Allah (SWT) gave him back his sight. The angel then asked the man: “What type of wealth do you like the most?” He replied: “Goats.” So he was given a pregnant goat and told him: “May Allah (SWT) give you barakah in this.”
The animals of those three men delivered their babies. In a short time, the town was filled with his camels, his cows, and his goats.
Thereafter, under the orders of Allah (SWT) that same angel went in his previous form to the leper and said to him: “I am a poor person. All my provisions for my journey are finished. Today I have no means of reaching home except through Allah (SWT) and then through your help. In the name of Allah (SWT) who has blessed you with nice skin and a beautiful complexion, I ask you for a camel which I could ride and reach my home.” The man replied: “Get far away from here! I have a lot of other commitments to fulfil. I do not have anything to spare which I could give you.” The angel said: “I think I recognise you. Were you not a leper for which people despised you? Were you not very poor, and then Allah (SWT) blessed you with so much of wealth?” The man replied: “What are you talking about? I inherited this wealth from my ancestors.” The angel said: “If you are lying, may Allah (SWT) return you as you were before.”
The angel then went to the bald person in his previous form and asked him the same questions and the man also replied in the same way. So the angel said to him: “If you are lying, may Allah (SWT) return you as you were before.”
Eventually the angel went to the blind person in that same original form and said to him: “I am a traveller and all my provisions are finished. Today I have no means except Allah (SWT) and then you. In the name of that Being who returned you your eyesight, I ask you for a goat with which I could do my work and complete my journey.” The man replied: “Without doubt, I was blind. It was only out of His mercy that Allah (SWT) gave me back my eyesight. Take as much as you want and leave behind as much as you want. By Allah (SWT), I will not stop you from taking anything.” The angel replied: “Keep your wealth with you, I do not want anything. I had only come to test you three. Now the test is over. Allah (SWT) is pleased with you and displeased with the other two.”
Lesson: Just imagine that because of the ungratefulness of those two men, all those bounties were taken away and they were left as they were before. Allah (SWT) became displeased with the two men and they are forsaken both in this world and in the hereafter. Due to the blind man’s gratefulness his bounties remained intact, Allah (SWT) was pleased with him, and he is contented both in this world and in the hereafter.
, nice story
