Ten silver coins

[Och]

He had ten silver coins in his pocket. He bought a shirt for four coins in the market of Madinah. A poor man asked him to give him the shirt he had just bought. He gave the shirt to the poor man and bought another shirt for four coins. Now, he had two silver coins left. After a while, he saw a little girl crying on the way. He approached her and asked her why she was crying. She was a maid.

She said, “My master gave me two silver coins to buy flour but I lost them.”

He gave the two silver coins in his pocket to her.

He said, “Do not cry. You can buy flour with these coins.”

The maid was still restless. She said,

“I fear that they will beat me because I am late.”

Hz Muhammad (pbuh) took the little girl by the hand and bought flour first. Then, they went to the house where the little girl was a maid. The owners of the house were surprised by the guests that came to their house in the evening. The Prophet showed the little maid and said,

“She was afraid that she would be punished. Do not beat her.”

Her master, who was still shocked, said,

“O Messenger of Allah! Be a witness that I am freeing her because she caused you to honor my house; she is free from now on.” Thereupon, Hz Muhammad (pbuh) opened his hands and praised Allah by saying,

“O Allah! Those ten silver coins were so blessed. You made me and a poor person have a shirt with them. You also rejoiced a girl and gave her freedom with them.