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When he saw that, the Prophet smile. He stepped down from his podium and walked
toward the crying date tree stem. He stroked and hug the stem until it stops crying.

The Prophet asked, “Dear date tree stem, I’ll give you a choice. You can choose to be
grown here in the world or do you choose to be grown in the heaven so that all Allah’s
beloves could eat your fruits?”

“Dear Rasulullah” replyed the stem, “I choose to be grown in heaven.”

The prophet asked his companions to put the date tree stem closed to his new podium.
Then, the prophet gave preach that the people had been waiting for.

Moral of the story:
The date tree stem cried because he was sad as Prophet Muhammad SAW no
longer used him. When he heard the cry Prophet Muhammad SAW didn’t hesitate to
stoke and hug the stem dearly. He showed that he cared everything that existed around
him. Even a date tree stem was treated gently.
The caring attitude of Prophet Muhammad SAW is a good example to be done
in daily life. There are so many things around us take a closer look and care for what
happen in our surrounding.

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