Anas b. Malik reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came to a woman who had been weeping for her (dead) child, and said to her: Fear Allaah and show endurance. She (not recognising him) said: You have not been afflicted as I have been. When he (the Prophet) had departed, it was said to her that he was the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), she was mortally shocked. She came to his door and she did not find doorkeepers at his door. She said: Messenger of Allaah. I did not recognise you. He said: Endurance is to be shown at first blow, or at the first blow.
|