55. Asceticism and Softening of Hearts

٥٥۔ كتاب الزهد والرقائق

55.16 Showing Preference To The One Who Is Older

٥٥۔١٦ باب مُنَاوَلَةِ الأَكْبَرِ

muslim:3003Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī from my father > Ṣakhr / Ibn Jūwayriyah > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

It was shown in a vision that I was rinsing my mouth with miswak and two persons began to contend with one another for getting that miswak. One was older than the other. I gave the miswak to the younger one amongst them, but it was said to me: (Let it be given) to the older one. So I gave it to the older one.  

مسلم:٣٠٠٣حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا صَخْرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ جُوَيْرِيَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَرَانِي فِي الْمَنَامِ أَتَسَوَّكُ بِسِوَاكٍ فَجَذَبَنِي رَجُلاَنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الآخَرِ فَنَاوَلْتُ السِّوَاكَ الأَصْغَرَ مِنْهُمَا فَقِيلَ لِي كَبِّرْ فَدَفَعْتُهُ إِلَى الأَكْبَرِ