The Old Woman who Threw Rubbish

The story teaches us that we should be patient and steadfast in the face of adversity. If we are wronged, we should endeavour to show compassion and understanding towards the wrongdoer rather than seek vengeance. The story urges an approach to conflict which goes beyond simply ‘turning the other cheek’. It encourages us to build connections and relationships with those who wrong us and those with whom we might disagree.

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Islam; Values and Issues: patience, mercy, compassion, empathy, forgiveness.

addition to the moral dimensions of the story, ‘The Old Woman Who Threw
Rubbish’ could be used as a means of providing a little context to the life of the
Prophet Muhammad.
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      • Kindness of Muhammad towards Old Woman Who Threw Trash Islam; Values and Issues: patience, mercy, compassion, empathy, forgiveness.:
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        • This is an Iranian Islamic TV Serial of 13 episodes translated and dubbed into Urdu for Pakistani and Indian viewers. The main cast of this film is زاده ریاضی، حسین توشه، اصغر نیک‌خواه، علی جاوید فرد، مهدی چوپانی. The story started when Ibn e Abbas (Son of Abbas r.a who was the uncle of Prophet Muhammad PBUH) left Mecca and during his journey to Taif city along with her daughter, stated the story of true Muslims who were trained by Muhammad PBUH by His epitomic Kindness. There lived an old woman in Mecca who did not like the Prophet Muhammad much at all. Every day as Muhammad passed the old woman’s house on his way to pray, she would throw rubbish out of her window onto his head. Yet Muhammad would never complain. He would simply continue on his journey as if nothing had happened. This continued, day after day, until one day, Muhammad passed by the old woman’s house and, to his surprise, no rubbish landed on his head. Muhammad looked around to see where the old woman was. When he couldn’t see her he became concerned so he went to the front door of the woman’s house and knocked. “Come in” said a weak and feeble voice. When Muhammad entered, he found the old woman in bed looking scared. Was Muhammad going to shout at her or punish her for throwing rubbish on his head every day? “Don’t be scared” said Muhammad, “I’m not here to shout at you”. Muhammad quickly realised that the old woman was very ill and unable to leave her bed. He therefore set about cleaning her house and making sure she had everything she needed to be

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