Prophet Muhammad and a Blind Jewish Beggar

Prophet Muhammmad PBUH was a compassionate person. He had never hurt anyone, even to those
who treated him cruelly.

During his life, lived a blind Jewish beggar at the corner of Medina marketplace. Every day he used to
mock The Messenger of Allah. He kept telling people not to get close to Muhammad since Muhammad
was a mad liar magician. If anyone got close to him, he or she would surely be influenced.

Prophet Muhammad did know about what this blind Jewish beggar did to him, but he never cared
about it. Every morning, The Messenger of God would always come to him by bringing some food to
feed him without saying any word. He had been doing this until the end of his life.

One day, after the death of the Prophet, his best companion Abu Bakr visited his daughter who was the
Prophet's wife, Aishah. He asked her, "Is there any sunnah (tradition) of my beloved one (Rasulullah)
that I haven't done?"

Aishah replied, "O my father, you are a man of sunnah. As long as I'm concerned, no prophet's tradition
you haven't done, except one."

“What is that?” Abu Bakr was getting curious.

“Rasulullah used to visit a blind Jewish beggar at the corner of Medina marketplace bringing him some
food and feeding him." Aishah replied.

The following day, Abu Bakr went to the market by bringing food to feed the beggar. He did what
Rasulullah had done. When Abu Bakr began to feed him, the blind Jewish beggar was outraged and
shouting “Who are you?”

“I am the one who usually came here,” Abu Bakr calmly repllied.

“NO! you're not the man who comes to me,” the Jewish beggar protested, “If that man came to me, it
would not be this difficult to chew the food. The man always fed me, but before that, he would surely
refine the food for me. I would never feel so difficult to eat.”.

Hearing the words of the blind beggar, Abu Bakr couldn't hold his tears drop. He cried and said to the
beggar, “Yes, I am not the man who used to come to you. That man has already died. I am only his
friend. That noble man was Muhammad The Messenger of Allah.”

The blind Jewish beggar was completely shocked hearing Abu Bakar's words. He cried eyes out. “Is that
true? I've been mocking him and slandering him, while he never got angry at all. He fed me instead. How
noble he was....”

The blind Jewish beggar was emotionally touched and moved by Rasulullah's act. Soon, he declared
shahadat. He bore witness there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His servant and messenger. The
blind Jewish beggar finally became a muslim, not by any harmful action, but by a compassionate caring
behaviour