Two friends was going to Mecca on a pilgrimage. Being townsmen, they were not accustomed to any manual hardship. But since they were out for a long journey; they had to carry their own blankets, clothes, food, and utensil. Carrying the burden of such stuff was very unpleasant to them.One day, while they were resting on the roadside, they met a young man who was also going to Mecca on a pilgrimage. The two friends thought it wise to befriend the young man. for he looked good-natured as well as physically strong.
Accordingly, in course of relating at the In, they Spoke many kind words to the young man and proposed that the three should travel together. The young man, who was uneducated,
I took it as a great privilege to travel in the company of educated men. He gladly agreed to the proposal of the two friends. It was decided that they should make a common stock of their foodstuff for the days of the travel.