He went to the Prophet and said...

He went to

the Prophet and said: `Messenger of Allah, Fatima Bint Muhammad

gave me this necklace and said: `Sell it, for Allah will grant you a

When the Prophet heard what the man had to say, he cried and said:

`Indeed, Allah will grant you a solution, for Fatima Bint Muhammad,

the Mistress of all women gave you this necklace.'

Meanwhile, Ammar Ibn Yasir (may Allah bless his soul) said:

`Messenger of Allah, do I have your permission to buy this necklace?'

The Prophet answered: `Buy it Ammar, surely if all of mankind and

Jinn participate in buying it Allah will not torture them in Hellfire.'

Ammar said: `How much do you want for it?'

The old Bedouin said: A meal of bread and meat, a Yemeni shirt to

cover my private parts and to perform my prayers in front of my Lord,

and a dinar so I can return to my family.'

Ammar, who had just sold his share of booty from the battle of

Khaibar, told the man: I will give you twenty (20) dinars, two hundred

(200) dirham, a Yemeni shirt, my horse to take you home, and your

The old then said: `What a generous man you are!!'

When Ammar had fulfilled his promise to the old man, the later came

back to the Prophet (S) who said: Are you satisfied and clothed?'

The old man said: Yes, and I have become rich; may my father and

The Prophet (S) then said: `So reward Fatima for her kindness.'

The old man supplicated: `O Allah, surely You are our God whenever

`We have no other God to worship besides you;

'You are the one who grants us beneficence in all conditions;'

`O Allah, grant Fatima that which no eye has ever seen, and ear has

During that time, Ammar had perfumed the necklace with mush

wrapped it in a Yemeni shirt, and gave it to one of his slaves by the

name of Sahm, who he had bought with the money that he had

received for selling his share of the Khaibarian booty. He told Sahm:

`Take this necklace and give it to the Messenger of Allah (S) and tell

him that I give you to him also.' When Sahm had delivered the

message, the Prophet (S) said: `Take the necklace to Fatima and I

give you to her also.' When the slave had told Fatima the message,

reason that made him laugh. He answered: `I smiled when I thought of

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the abundance of goodness put in this necklace; it fed a hungry man,

clothed a naked man, satisfied a poor man, freed a slave and came