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Ahban was a shepherd and one day as he sat peacefully looking after his sheep
he didn't notice there was a wolf hiding nearby. The wolf waited patiently and
then his luck changed when a sheep wandered away from the fold and he
pounced upon it. The shepherd ran shouting at the wolf and caught up with it and
managed to rescue the sheep from the wolf.

Much to the shepherd's surprise, the wolf did not run away. It just sat there, lifted
its head and said, "Don't you fear Allah! You have stopped me from having the
food Allah had sent me." Well, you can guess just how surprised the shepherd
was – a wolf speaking to him but more importantly asking if he feared Allah! The
shepherd exclaimed, "Fancy that, how very strange, a wolf that speaks!" The wolf
replied, "Hum, what is even more surprising is that you are sitting here with your
sheep and abandoning the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him. Do you
know, Allah values him much more than any of the previous prophets? And, the
Gates of the Garden of Paradise have been opened for him, and its inhabitants
look down at his Companions to see what they are doing. Do you realize he is
just over the hill, go and join him."

The shepherd was curious and wanted to go but said to the wolf, "How can I go