An Orphan's Eid It was the auspicious occasion of Eid. Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) stepped out from his house towards the Eidgaah (place where Eid prayers are said) to say the Eid prayers. The streets were crowded with children who wore new and colourful clothes. They looked happy and exhilarated. The Prophet (Pbuh) also felt happy to see them in colourful dresses. As he went on greeting them, all of a sudden, he noticed a young lad sitting at the corner of the street and was weeping bitterly. His clothes were torn and he was dishevelled. It appeared as if the boy had not bathed for days. When Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) asked him about his pitiable state, he sobbed out, “My father had gone on a Jihad along with Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh), in which he was killed. Moreover, my mother married another person and my new father let me out of his house without providing me with a piece of bread,’ Of course, the boy did not know whom he was talking to. Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) was the benefactor of mankind. He felt sorrowful on listening to the pitiable tale of the boy. He patted him affectionately and asked, “Would you like to have me as your father, Aisha (R) as your mother, Ali (R) as your uncle and Hasan (R) and Husain (R) as your brothers?” The boy was dumb-founded for a moment. Then he said, “Why not, Oh Rasoolullah?” After that, Rasoolullah (Pbuh) took the boy to his house. Hazrat Aisha (R) felt happy to see the boy. She gave him a cold water bath, dressed him up in new clothes and fed him to his heart’s content. The boy’s happiness knew no bounds. He ran out of the house to join and play with other children. The boys quizzed him, “O Rafiq! You were so dirty a short while ago. How come you are so well-dressed and happy now.” The boy replied! “I was hungry and thirsty. Rasulullah (Pbuh) fed me. I was an orphan, but now, Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is my father and Hazrat Aisha is my mother. I am no longer an orphan.” When the boys listened to his detailed account, they gasped and exclaimed with one voice, “Oh lord! Had our parents got killed in the Jihad, we would have also got such humane parents.” Really, Eid seemed to be much more pleasant to the boy, who had got new parents. Zuhair bin saghar is the Orphan Sahabi Taken from Islamic voice