Reminders for those who remember.

The tale of a leper, a bald and a blind man

Narrated Abu Hurairah (May Allaah be pleased with him) that he heard Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وس) saying, "Allaah willed to test three Israelis who was a leper, a blind man and a bald headed man.
So, He sent them an angel who came to the leper and said, 'What thing do you like the most?' He replied, 'Good color and good skin, for the people have a strong aversion to me.'
The angel touched him and his illness was cured, and he was given a good color and beautiful skin. Then the angel asked him, 'What kind of property do you like best?' He replied, 'Camels.'
So he (the leper) was given a pregnant she-camel and the angel said (to him), 'May Allaah bless you in it.'

Then the angel went to the bald-headed man and said 'What thing do you like the most?' He said, 'I like good hair and wished to be cured in this disease, for the people feel repulsion for me.' The angel touched him and his illness was cured, and he was given a good hair. The angel asked him, What kind of property do you like best?' He replied, 'Cows.' The angel gave him a pregnant cow and said, 'May Allaah bless you in it.'

Then the angel went to the blind man and said 'What thing do you like the most?' He said, '(I like) that Allaah may restore my eyesight to me so that I may see the people.'
The angel touched his eyes and Allaah gave him back his eyesight. The angel asked him, 'What kind of property do you like best?' He replied, 'Sheep'. The angel gave him a pregnant sheep.

Afterwards, all the three pregnant animals gave births to young ones, and multiplied and brought forth so much that one of the (three) men had a herd of camels filling a valley, and one had a herd of cows filling a valley, and one had a flock of sheep filling a valley.

Then the angel disguised in the shape and appearance of a leper and went to the leper and said, 'I am a poor man, who had lost all means of livelihood while on a journey. So none will satisfy my need except Allaah and then you. In the Name of Allaah who has given you such nice color and beautiful skin, an so much property, I ask you to give me a camel so that I may reach my destination.' The man replied. 'I have so many obligations (so I cannot give you).'

The angel said, 'I think I know you. Were you not a leper to whom the people had a strong aversion? Weren't you a poor man, then Allaah gave you all this property.'
He replied, '(This is all wrong), I got this property through inheritance from my forefathers.'
The angel said, 'If you are telling a lie then let Allaah make you as you were before.'

Then the angel disguised in the shape and appearance of a bald man and went to the bald man and said to him the same as he told the first one, and he too answered the same as the first one did. The angel said, 'If you are telling a lie, then let Allaah make you as you were before.'

The angel disguised in the shape and appearance of a blind man and went to the blind man and said, 'I am a poor man and a traveller, whose means of livelihood have been exhausted while on a journey. I have nobody to help me except Allaah, and after Him, you yourself. I ask you in the Name of Allaah, Who has given you back your eyesight to give me a sheep, so that with its help, I may complete my journey.'

The man said, 'No doubt, I was blind and Allaah gave me back my eyesight; I was poor and Allaah made me rich; so take anything you wish from my property. By Allaah, I will not stop you for taking anything (you need) of my property which you may take for Allaah's sake.'

The angel replied, 'Keep your property with you. You (three men) have been tested and Allaah is pleased with you and is angry with your two companions.'"

[Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 4 Hadith No.