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quickly.
The children loved his class and had sat patiently on the floor listening and
enjoying the stories. Nobody was ever late for his class, and their homework
was always in on time!
Just as the shaykh was about to leave the classroom he overheard one of his
young students say, "Oh, I wish I could see Prophet Muhammad." "Me too",
said another, in fact all the class joined in and said they too wished they could
see him as well.
The shaykh smiled and put down his case and asked, "Do you really want to
see Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him?" His students all
replied, "Oh, yes Maulana!"
"Are you sure?" he asked again. "Yes, yes, very sure", they replied. "All right,"
he said, "I will tell you want you must do. Before you go to bed tonight you
must eat a lot of lentil soup and chili, but you must not drink any water until
the morning. Not even one sip – do you agree?" The students were so excited
The children loved his class and had sat patiently on the floor listening and
enjoying the stories. Nobody was ever late for his class, and their homework
was always in on time!
Just as the shaykh was about to leave the classroom he overheard one of his
young students say, "Oh, I wish I could see Prophet Muhammad." "Me too",
said another, in fact all the class joined in and said they too wished they could
see him as well.
The shaykh smiled and put down his case and asked, "Do you really want to
see Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him?" His students all
replied, "Oh, yes Maulana!"
"Are you sure?" he asked again. "Yes, yes, very sure", they replied. "All right,"
he said, "I will tell you want you must do. Before you go to bed tonight you
must eat a lot of lentil soup and chili, but you must not drink any water until
the morning. Not even one sip – do you agree?" The students were so excited