Three people came to the houses of the Prophet’s wives to ask about how the Prophet worshipped. When they were told, it was as if they thought it little and said, ‘We are nowhere near the status of the Prophet ! He has been forgiven his past and future wrong actions.’ Consequently, one of them said, ‘I will pray all night every night.’Another said, ‘I will fast all the time and not break the fast.’ The other said, ‘I will withdraw from women and never marry.’ Later, the Messenger of Allah came to them and said, ‘Are you the ones who said such-and-such?’ By Allah, from all of you, I am the one
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