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enter and then gave me permission to enter. Inside the house he
found a cup of milk and asked: 'Where has this milk come from' and
was told that it was a gift for him from so and so. He spoke to me
and I replied: 'Obedient to you, O Messenger of Allah, praise and
peace be upon him.' He said: 'Go to my Companions, the Suffa and
bring them here.' These people were men who had neither family,
property, nor relatives so they lived as guests with other Muslims.
When the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, received
anything to be spent in charity he sent it to them and did not retain
anything from it for himself (because charity was forbidden to him).
When he received a gift he sent for them and shared it with them.
On this occasion I resented his sending for them. I asked myself:
'How can this amount of milk suffice so many, I deserve it more than
anyone else, so that I might regain some energy. When they come
he will tell me to give it to them. I do not expect that there would be
any left for me.' I could not do anything else except to obey Allah
and His Messenger, praise and peace be upon him, so I went to
found a cup of milk and asked: 'Where has this milk come from' and
was told that it was a gift for him from so and so. He spoke to me
and I replied: 'Obedient to you, O Messenger of Allah, praise and
peace be upon him.' He said: 'Go to my Companions, the Suffa and
bring them here.' These people were men who had neither family,
property, nor relatives so they lived as guests with other Muslims.
When the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, received
anything to be spent in charity he sent it to them and did not retain
anything from it for himself (because charity was forbidden to him).
When he received a gift he sent for them and shared it with them.
On this occasion I resented his sending for them. I asked myself:
'How can this amount of milk suffice so many, I deserve it more than
anyone else, so that I might regain some energy. When they come
he will tell me to give it to them. I do not expect that there would be
any left for me.' I could not do anything else except to obey Allah
and His Messenger, praise and peace be upon him, so I went to