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cave and found some stones to plug them. He had almost finished plugging them when
he ran out of stones. He searched for some more but there were none to be found so he
tore pieces of cloth from his garment and pushed them deep down into the holes.
When the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) entered he lay down and rested his head
upon Abu Bakr's lap and slept. Only one hole remained unplugged, as there had be
insufficient cloth with which to plug it so Abu Bakr lodged his elbow in it to seal the hole.
As the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) slept, an insect that had been hiding in that
very hole stung Abu Bakr. The sting was extremely painful, yet Abu Bakr, whose
manners where of such high quality, did not move, nor yet did he cry out in pain as he
feared he might disturb the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) whilst he slept.
The pain increased as the flesh around the sting became red and very swollen as the
poison took effect. At last a tear fell from Abu Bakr's eye onto the Prophet (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam) and the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) awoke. When he saw the
very pained expression on his face he was troubled and asked what ailed him,
whereupon Abu Bakr told him of the insect’s sting. Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam) supplicated and treated the sting with his salvia and breath, and
immediately both the pain and swelling left him -- Abu Bakr had been blessed with a
he ran out of stones. He searched for some more but there were none to be found so he
tore pieces of cloth from his garment and pushed them deep down into the holes.
When the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) entered he lay down and rested his head
upon Abu Bakr's lap and slept. Only one hole remained unplugged, as there had be
insufficient cloth with which to plug it so Abu Bakr lodged his elbow in it to seal the hole.
As the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) slept, an insect that had been hiding in that
very hole stung Abu Bakr. The sting was extremely painful, yet Abu Bakr, whose
manners where of such high quality, did not move, nor yet did he cry out in pain as he
feared he might disturb the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) whilst he slept.
The pain increased as the flesh around the sting became red and very swollen as the
poison took effect. At last a tear fell from Abu Bakr's eye onto the Prophet (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam) and the Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) awoke. When he saw the
very pained expression on his face he was troubled and asked what ailed him,
whereupon Abu Bakr told him of the insect’s sting. Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu
alihi wa sallam) supplicated and treated the sting with his salvia and breath, and
immediately both the pain and swelling left him -- Abu Bakr had been blessed with a