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the Best of Judges! Judge between us with
righteousness." He stood up and severed the head of the
elder brother and kept his head in a bag. The younger brother,
who had smeared his body in the blood of his elder broth-er,
said, "I desire to meet the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w.s.) in
this very state drenched in the blood of my brother." He
said, "Do not fear, for I shall soon join you with your
brother", saying this he severed his head too and placed it in
the bag. Then he threw their bodies into the river of Euphrates.
He then brought the heads to Ubaydullah, who was seated
on his throne with a bamboo staff in his hands. He placed the
heads of the children facing Ubaydullah, who after seeing it
arose and sat down thrice. Then he said, "Woe be to you!
Where did you find them"? He said, "A woman from our
family had given them refuge." Ubaydullah said, "Then
did you not honour the right of guesthood"? He replied in
the negative. Ubaydullah asked, "What did they say to you"?
He relied, "They said: Take us to the market and sell us
and tie our hands and do not earn the wrath of Prophet
Mohammad (s.a.w.s) in Qiyamah." Ubaydullah said,
"Then what did you