Whenever the Prophet Muhammad's followers reaped their first harvest, they brought early, fresh fruits to him. Then he would hand them out to those who sat around him.
One morning, a poor man brought one fruit from his small farm and have it to the Prophet (PBUH).
The Prophet (PBUH) accepted the gift, tasted it and then went on eating it alone while the companions watched.
One of those present meekly said: "O Prophet of Allah, have you overlooked the right of those who watch while you eat?"
The Prophet (PBUH) smiled and waited till the man who had brought the fruit had gone.
Then he said: "I tasted the fruit and it was not yet ripe. Suppose I had let you have some of it, someone was bound to say that it taste bad, and the poor man would have been disappointed. Rather than send him away unhappy. I decided to eat the whole fruit myself."
Subhanallah, what wisdom.
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