28/05/2020
Small act of Kindness!
Abu Mansur Sabuktigin, also known as Nasir-ud-din Sabuktigin (942-997 C.E.), is regarded as the founder of the Ghaznavid Empire. He is also well-known as the father of the famous Badshah Mahmud of Ghazni (971-1030 C.E.). Around the age of twelve, Sabuktigin was taken prisoner by a neighbouring warring tribe and sold as a slave to a merchant named Nasr the Haji. He was eventually purchased by Alptigin, a local ruler of Bukhara. Over a period of time, due to his loyalty and sincerity, Sabuktigin became Alptigin's most trusted man who later made him (Sabuktigin) his Deputy.
One day, riding fast and far over hill and dale, Sabuktigin succeeded in hunting down a young deer, and was carrying off that little deer alive when he saw that the sad mother of that young deer followed him with painful signs of distress. Looking at her, Sabuktigin’s heart was touched; and he released the trembling little captive - to be rewarded by the evident gratitude of the mother, who frequently turned and fixed her gaze upon him as she trotted back to the forest with her offspring. That night the Prophet (SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam) appeared to Sabuktigin in a dream, and informed him that in recompense of his humanity, he would be raised to rule over a kingdom, adding, that he must then display the like humanity towards his fellow-men.
It was in Sabuktigin's reign that the first collision occurred on the north-west frontier of India between the Muslims and the Hindus. Jaipal, the Hindu chief of Lahore, was defeated by Sabuktigin, and this became the important event in the spread of Islam in the entire subcontinent in later years. See how great Sabuktigin was rewarded by Allah Subhana wa Ta'ala and Beloved RasoolAllah SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam for showing kindness ! SubhanAllah !
