Placing necessity before formality
Al-Risala (English), October 1986, p. 3
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Placing necessity before formality
1986 10 October 3 Placing necessity before formality (96) When the Prophet emigrated from Mecca to Medina, he stayed in the house of Abu Ayub Ansari. There was an upper storey to his house. The Prophet stayed downstairs and Abu Ayub, along with his family, upstairs, but soon Abu Auyb felt that it was not appropriate for him to be living above the Prophet. So he asked God’s Messenger to stay upstairs, and they would move down. “Don’t worry about that.” the Prophet said. “It’s better for me to stay downstairs. It makes things easier for people who come to visit me.”
(Seerat Ibn Kathir)
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