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He (the Prophet [sallallahu alaihi wasallam]) frowned and turned away because the blind man came to him! And what would make you know (O Muhammad [sallallahu alaihi wasallam] about the condition of the blind man?) Perhaps, (if you had attended to him,) he might acquire self-purification, or he might receive the advice, and the advice would have benefited him. As for the one who does not care (about imaan and deen), then you are giving him (more) attention, while there is no blame on you, if he does not attain self-purification.
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