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FREEDOM FROM THE FIRE

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“A poor woman came to me with her two daughters. I (Lady Ayesha) gave her three dates. She gave one to each daughter and was about to eat the third when her daughters asked for it. So she broke it into two and gave half to each of her daughters. I was touched by her action and mentioned what she had done to the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, he said: ‘Allah has appointed Paradise for her because of this.’ Or he said: ‘Allah has freed her from the Fire because of this.’”

Lady Ayesha, wife of the Prophet, Mother of Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, who related this.