A man slaughtered a calf and cooked it on the fire and told his brother to invite our friends and neighbors to eat it with us.
His brother went out and called out.
Oh people!!
Help us, my brother’s house is on fire.
In no time a crowd of people came out and the rest continued to work as if they had not heard anything.
Those who came to help put out the fire ate and drank to their fill.
So that person looked at his brother in surprise and said:
I do not recognize these people who came, nor have I seen them before, so where are our friends?
The brother replied that these people came out of their homes to help us put out the fire in our house, not as an invitation. Therefore, these people deserve hospitality and kindness.
“Don’t call a friend, a brother, or a neighbor whom you can’t find around you in times of trouble.
And those who support you in times of distress are your true sympathizers.”
