Feeding a Fasting Sahabi – Aik Sahabi Ka Rozadar Ke Liye Chiragh Bujha Dena
One of the sahabah was keeping fast after fast, as he could not get anything to eat. Hazrat Thabit (radiyallahu anhu) came to know of this. He told his wife: “I shall bring a guest tonight. When we sit at the meal put out the lamp, pretending to set it right, and we are not to eat anything until the guest has taken his fill.”
The scheme worked out as in the last story. The husband and wife sat with the guest and the simple soul never suspected in the least that neither of them had partaken at all of the food, though their hands and jaws seemed to be working all right. When Thabit (radiyallahu anhu) went to Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)’s presence next morning, he was greeted with the happy news; “O Thabit! Allah Ta’ala Has very much appreciated your entertainment of the guest last night.”