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[6627] 95 - (2603) Anas bin Mâlik said: “Umm Sulaim,” – who was the mother of Anas – “had an orphan girl in her care. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ saw the orphan girl and said: ‘Is it you? You have grown, may you never grow old.’ The girl went back to Umm Sulaim weeping, and Umm Sulaim said: ‘What is
the matter with you, O my daughter? 'The girl said: 'The Prophet of Allâh ﷺ prayed against me, he prayed that I would never grow old; now I will never grow any older.' Umm Sulaim went out, hastily wrapping her Khimâr around her head, until she met the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ.
"The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to her: 'What is the matter with you, O Umm Sulaim?' She said: 'O Prophet of Allâh, did you pray against my orphan girl?' He said: 'What is that, O Umm Sulaim?' She said: 'She says that you prayed that she might never grow in age and never grow old.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ smiled and said: 'O Umm Sulaim, do you not know that I made a condition with my Lord? I said: "I am only human; sometimes I am pleased as other human beings are pleased and sometimes I become angry as other human beings become angry. Anyone among my Ummah whom I pray against and they do not deserve it, make that a purification for him, and a cleansing (from sin), and a means by which he may draw close (to Allâh) on the Day of Resurrection.'"
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