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looking up to see who was talking to
him.
The Prophet [s] ran his fingers
through the boy’s hair and very gen-
tly and kindly asked him again ,
“
Why are you crying?
”
This time the boy answered his
question, although he still did not
look up, “
My father was martyred
fighting for Allah’s religion, and now
that my mother has married again,
my stepfather does not want me to
live at home any more. Today is ‘Id
and everyone is happy. All the chil-
dren have new clothes and nice
things to eat, but I don’t have any
clothes except the old, tattered
ones I am wearing, and I have no
food. I don’t even have somewhere
to live.
”
Tears of compassion came to the
Prophet’s [s] blessed eyes, but he
