One day a poor man brought a bunch of grapes to Prince Ahmad as a gift.
He was very excited to be able to bring a gift for Prince Ahmad. He placed the grapes beside him and said, ‘O Prince Ahmad, please accept this small gift from me’. He was a poor man who could not afford more.
His face beamed with happiness as he offered his small gift. It was evident that he loved the Prince a lot.
The Prince thanked him graciously. As the man looked at him expectantly, the Prince ate one grape. Then he ate another one.
Slowly the Prince finished the whole bunch of grapes by himself. He did not offer grapes to anyone present.
The poor man who brought those grapes was very pleased and left.
The close friends of the prince who were around him were surprised.
Usually the Prince shared whatever he got with them. He would offer them whatever he was given and they would eat it together.
Usually he would start first, out of respect to the person who had given him the gift. But he would always offer it to others.
This time had been different. Without offering it to anyone, Prince Ahmad finished the bunch of grapes by himself.
One of the friends asked respectfully, “O Prince Ahmad! How come you ate all the grapes by yourself and did not offer to any one of us present?”
The Prince smiled and said, “I ate all the grapes by myself because the grapes were sour.
If I would have offered you, you might have made funny faces and shown your distaste of the grapes.
That would have hurt the feelings of that poor man.
I thought to myself that it’s better that I eat all of them cheerfully and please the poor man. I did not want to hurt the feelings of that poor man.”
Moral:
1) Consideration for the feelings of others
2) Graciousness in accepting gifts.
Subhan’Allah*… Such was the character and manner of a good man.
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Brief Meanings:
subhanAllah = How perfect God is/ Glory be to God
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(Story has been altered from a post from Sheikh Dr Reda Bedeir’s Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/reda.bedeir . September 4, 2014. This story was first thought to be of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), but it has no evidence from Quran and authentic Sunnah. Therefore, it has been altered so that the beautiful moral message of the story can be shared without doubt, in shaa Allah. Please forgive me for my shortcomings. Jazakum Allah khayran. )
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Stories for Muslim Kids 
nice meaning BUT it is a fabricated narration and has no basis whatsoever as a hadith. Please turn it into a story with fictional charcters.
That’s just not true, man.
Can you then please provide evidence/reference to prove that the story is not fabricated and actually has some basis? Thank you.
Assalaamu’alaykum brothers/sisters. Thanks for pointing that out. I did a bit of research and found out that you are right. http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=showfatwa&Option=FatwaId&Id=298219 Alhamdulillah. Jazakum Allah khayran. I appreciate your coming forward. By the way, do note that the above story has since been altered so that the beautiful moral message of the story can be shared without doubt, in shaa Allah. Please forgive me for my shortcomings. Once again, jazakum Allah khayran. Sincerely, SFMK
Thats why Prophet( SUW) is matchless
This is amazing. A teacher of mines who i see rarley; said the first thing we should do is teach the love of the Prophet Muhammad saw, then teach love of the companions, then Quran recitation. SubhanAllah. Thank you sooo much! these stories go so far into character development. JZK!
I love these stories we need more my kids don’t like going to bed without listening to these beautiful stories subhanAllah
i summerize these stories for school and i get extra marks. i am grade 5 by the way.
This is the best story.Good efort
This is the best story.Good work on the story
Great story