Compassion towards the most helpless of creatures
Al-Risala (English), March 1987, p. 11
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.
Compassion towards the most helpless of creatures
1987 3 March 11 Compassion towards the most helpless of creatures (77) During the march to Mecca, prior to the conquest of that city, the Prophet saw a bitch lying by the side of the road, with a litter of recently born pups which she was feeding. He was afraid that the dogs might be molested by one or other of his men, for the Muslim army was over 10,000 strong. So he told Jauyl of Damrah to stand guard beside the bitch until every contingent had passed. (Waqidi)
One who lives for the eternal world loses interest in the ephem¬eral world
1987 3 March 11 One who lives for the eternal world loses interest in the ephemeral world (85) Abu Bakr lay sick. He asked to be raised on to the pulpit in the Prophet’s mosque, and there he delivered his final sermon. After praising and glorifying God, he went on to exhort people to beware of this World and to avoid placing trust in worldly things. “Put the next world before this world,” he said, “Become attached to the hereafter. The more you become attached to either this world or the next, the more you will lose interest in the other.” (Ibn Asakir)
