{"id":24541,"date":"2025-11-16T06:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T04:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=24541"},"modified":"2025-12-28T14:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T12:12:45","slug":"the-generosity-of-an-abyssinian-slave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=24541","title":{"rendered":"The Generosity of an Abyssinian Slave \u2013 Fazaail Sadaqaat \u2013 Taleem Series \u2013 Part Thirty Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21912\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sadaqaat_-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sadaqaat_-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sadaqaat_-1-196x200.jpg 196w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sadaqaat_-1-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n        <style>\n            #h5vp69f33722dcdb8 {  width: 100%; }#h5vp69f33722dcdb8 .pdp_plyr_area {  width: 100%; }        <\/style>\n        <div id=\"h5vp69f33722dcdb8\" class=\"pdp-wrapper pdp_initializer pdp_wrapper_default light\" data-settings=\"{&quot;options&quot;:{&quot;controls&quot;:[&quot;play&quot;,&quot;progress&quot;,&quot;current-time&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;,&quot;volume&quot;,&quot;settings&quot;,&quot;download&quot;],&quot;tooltips&quot;:{&quot;controls&quot;:true,&quot;seek&quot;:true},&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false}},&quot;infos&quot;:{&quot;share&quot;:false,&quot;shares&quot;:[&quot;facebook&quot;,&quot;twitter&quot;,&quot;linkedin&quot;,&quot;pinterest&quot;,&quot;stumbleupon&quot;,&quot;whatsapp&quot;,&quot;email&quot;],&quot;showCount&quot;:false,&quot;showLabel&quot;:false,&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;default&quot;}}\">\n                                <div id=\"\" class=\"row pdp-item pdf_player\">\n                                                <div class=\"pdp_plyr_area col-md-9\">\n                                                            <h3 title=\"The Generosity of an Abyssinian Slave\">The Generosity of an Abyssinian Slave<\/h3>\n                                                        <div class=\"audioWrapper\">\n                                <audio class=\"podcast\" playsinline>\n                                    <source src=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/033-The-Generosity-of-an-Abyssinian-Slave-1.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\" \/>\n                                    Your browser does not support the audio tag.\n                                <\/audio>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share\"><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n<p>Once, Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) passed by an orchard in Madinah Munawwarah whose caretaker was an Abyssinian slave. Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) saw the slave eating some bread while a dog sat in front of him. Every time the slave put a morsel of bread into his mouth, he threw another morsel, as big as the one he was eating, towards the dog.<\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) stood watching for a while. When the slave had completed eating, he went to him and asked him, \u201cWho is your master?\u201d The slave replied that he belonged to the family of Hazrat Uthmaan (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu).<\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) said, \u201cI saw you doing something very strange.\u201d The slave asked him what it was and he replied, \u201cAfter each morsel of food that you took, you gave another to your dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The slave said, \u201cThis dog has been my companion for many years, and I feel it necessary for me to share my food with it.\u201d Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) said, \u201cA dog can be fed something of inferior quality, and this will be sufficient for it.\u201d The slave said, \u201cI feel ashamed to face Allah Ta\u2018ala, that I should eat while one of His creatures is watching me with a hungry look.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After this, Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) returned and went to the family of Hazrat Uthmaan (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) and said that he had come to ask them a favour. When they said, \u201cPlease let us know what we can do for you! We will definitely fulfil your request!\u201d he replied that he wanted to buy such-and-such orchard.<\/p>\n<p>Hearing this, they spontaneously said, \u201cWe have given it to you as a gift! Please accept it from us free-of-charge!\u201d However, Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) declined to accept the gift and said that he wanted to pay for it. At last, a price was fixed, and Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) purchased the orchard.<\/p>\n<p>He then said that he also wanted to purchase the slave who worked in the orchard. They asked to be excused, as the slave had been with them since his childhood and they would be very sad to part with him. But, when Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) insisted, they agreed to let him have the slave as well.<\/p>\n<p>After purchasing the orchard and the slave, Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) went to the orchard and said to the slave, \u201cI have bought this orchard and yourself.\u201d The slave congratulated him and said, \u201cMay Allah bless you in this purchase. However, I am very sad at parting from my masters who have brought me up since my childhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) then said to him, \u201cI set you free and give this orchard over to you as a gift.\u201d Hearing this, the slave said, \u201cIf it is so, I make you a witness that I make this garden over as a private waqf (donation) for the family of Hazrat Uthmaan (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) says, \u201cI was greatly surprised to hear this from him, and after making dua for Allah\u2019s blessings (barakah) upon him, I returned home.\u201d Such were the excellent qualities of the slaves of our Muslim predecessors. <em>(Fazaa\u2019il-e-Sadaqaat [Urdu] pg. 707-708)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once, Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) passed by an orchard in Madinah Munawwarah whose caretaker was an Abyssinian slave. Hazrat Abdullah bin Ja\u2019far (radhiyallahu \u2018anhuma) saw the slave eating some bread while a dog sat in front of him. Every time the slave put a morsel of bread into his mouth, he threw another &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[844,839],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-fazaail-sadaqaat","category-taleem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24541"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24569,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24541\/revisions\/24569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}