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wish we had kept one dirham for
ourselves to get some meat too,
”
she sighed. ‘A’ishah [r] said, “
I’m
terribly sorry, but if you had told me
earlier I would have perhaps spared
one dirham for ourselves.
”
Such was ‘A’ishah’s [r] concern for
others that while caring for them
she would forget about her own
hunger.
On another day she was fasting and
had nothing for her
iftar
except one
piece of bread. A poor man hap-
pened to come by and begged for
some food. ‘A’ishah [r] asked her
maid servant to give him that single
piece of bread. The maid said, “
But
dear Lady, if I give him the piece of
bread, there will be nothing left for
your iftar!
”
‘A’ishah [r] replied, “
Never mind. Let
him have it.
”
