Book Name:Shan e Usman e Ghani
May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ enable us also to look after our Islamic sisters and remove their difficulties!
اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِه وَسَلَّم
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
The Noble Rasool ﷺ quenched the thirst (of others)
Dear Islamic sisters! Whoever fulfils the needs of her Islamic sister becomes the beloved servant of Allah Almighty and Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ fulfils her needs from the unseen. As Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen Sayyiduna ‘Usman-e-Ghani رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ devoted all his life in helping the poor, fulfilling their needs and removing their difficulties, therefore, when he faced trials & tribulations and water was denied to him, then the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself came and quenched the thirst of Sayyiduna ‘Usman-e-Ghani رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ.
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Bin Salam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that during the days when the rebels had laid siege to the blessed house of ‘Usman-e-Ghani رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ, they had cut off the water supply to his blessed house, leaving him without even a single drop of water. Sayyiduna ‘Usman-e-Ghani رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ would suffer from intense thirst. I went to see him. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ looked at me and said, ‘مَرۡحَبًا بِاَخِيۡ’ i.e. O my brother! Welcome. Then he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, ‘O Abdullah Bin Salam! I saw the Noble Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم through this window last night.’ The Most Merciful Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said in a very sympathetic manner, ‘O ‘Usman (رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ)! Have these people imprisoned and subjected you to the pangs of thirst by denying you water?’ I humbly answered, ‘Yes’. Upon that, the Noble Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم immediately lowered a bucket towards me filled with water. I started drinking from it to the extent that my thirst was quenched with that water. I can still feel the soothing effect and coolness of that water in my chest and between both of my shoulders. The Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then said to me, ‘اِنۡ شِئۡتَ نُصِرۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَ اِنۡ شِئۡتَ اَفۡطَرۡتَ عِنۡدَنَا’ i.e. ‘If you wish, I will help you against these people; and if you like, you may come to me and open your