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TREATMENT OF DAUGHTERS

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“A woman came with her two daughters to me (Lady Ayesha) begging. I had nothing to give except a single date which I gave to her. She divided it between her daughters but did not eat any of it herself. Then she got up and left. When the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, came I told him about it. He said: ‘One who is tried raising daughters and treats them well will find that they will become the shield from the Fire.’"

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Lady Ayesha, wife of the Prophet, Mother of Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, who related this.