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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
when there is no one to guard my sheep?" The wolf replied, "Don't worry I will
look after your sheep for you until you return." So strange as it may seem, the
shepherd left the wolf to guard his flock and went to see if what he had been told
was true.
The shepherd climbed the hill and as he looked down he saw a crowd of people
just as the wolf had described and thought to himself, "What the wolf said must
be true, I must hurry down and see what is going on." He ran quickly down the
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
when there is no one to guard my sheep?" The wolf replied, "Don't worry I will
look after your sheep for you until you return." So strange as it may seem, the
shepherd left the wolf to guard his flock and went to see if what he had been told
was true.
The shepherd climbed the hill and as he looked down he saw a crowd of people
just as the wolf had described and thought to himself, "What the wolf said must
be true, I must hurry down and see what is going on." He ran quickly down the