IN THE NAME OF ALLAH MOST GRACIOUS MOST MERCIFUL
THE SECOND QUESTION: HOW TO BE A GOOD BROTHER
THE ANSWER
2ND SAMUEL (13:6-17) Then Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let TAMAR MY SISTER come and make a couple of cakes for me in my sight, that I may eat from her hand." and David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Now go to YOUR BROTHER AMNON's house, and prepare food for him." so Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was lying down. then she took flour and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. and she took the pan and placed them out before him, but he refused to eat. then Amnon said, "Have everyone gone out from me." and they all went out from him. then Amnon said to Tamar, "BRING THE FOOD INTO THE BEDROOM, that I may eat from your hand." and Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to Amnon her brother in the bedroom. now when she had brought them to him to eat, HE TOOK HOLD OF HER AND SAID TO HER, "COME, LIE WITH ME, MY SISTER." AND SHE ANSWERED HIM, "NO, MY BROTHER, DO NOT FORCE ME, FOR NO SUCH THING SHOULD BE DONE IN ISRAEL. DO NOT DO THIS DISGRACEFUL THING! AND I, WHERE COULD I TAKE MY SHAME? AND AS FOR YOU YOU WOULD BE LIKE ONE OF THE FOOLS IN ISRAEL. NOW THEREFOR, PLEASE TALK TO THE KING; FOR HE WILL NOT WITHHOLD ME FROM YOU. " however, he would not heed her voice; and being stronger than she, HE FORCED HER AND LAY WITH HER. THEN AMNON HATED HER EXCEEDINGLY, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. and AMNON SAID TO HER , "ARISE, BE GONE! "and she said to him, "No, indeed! this evil of sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me. " but he would not listen to her. THEN HE CALLED HIS SERVANT WHO ATTENDED HIM, AND SAID, "HERE! PUT THIS WOMAN OUT, AWAY FROM ME, AND BOLT THE DOOR BEHIND HER
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