100 Moral Stories
Striving for more is always good, but let’s not strive so hard and for
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Striving for more is always good, but let’s not strive so hard and for
so much that we loses all thosenear and dear to our hearts, we shouldn’t compromise our happiness for moments of luxuries! 101 Chapter 63 REPENTANCE A person once heard a pious Muslim say that “For the last thirty years I am repenting for a sin and I don’t know how Allah will deal with me regarding it?” The listener asked: “What was your sin?” The pious Muslim said: “I used to have a shop in the Bazaar. One day I heard that thewhole Bazaar was burning so I rushed to see my shop. When I reached there I saw thatexcept my shop all the shops were razed to the ground. I said ‘Al-Hamdo lillah’ (All praise to Allah);but immedi- ately I realized my mistake. How can I call myself a Muslim when I couldn’t feel the lossof my neighbors? That is why I am repenting for that lapse on my part for the last thirty years.” 102 Chapter 64 THE NEIGHBOR Sayyed Jawad Ameli, a great Mujtahid, was having his dinner when someone knocked at his door.A servant from his master, Ayatullah Sayyed Mehdi Bahrul Uloom, appeared and said: “Your master has sent for you to come immediately. He has just sat down for his dinner but re- fuses to eat until he sees you.” There was no time to lose. Sayyed Jawad Ameli left his dinner and rushed to Ayatullah Bahrul Uloom’s residence. Just as he entered, the master looked disapprovingly at him and said: “Sayyed Jawad! You have no fear of Allah!Don’t you feel ashamed in front of Allah?” This came as a shock to him, as hecould not remember doing anything to in- cur the wrath of his master. He said: “My master may guide me where I have failed.” Ayatullah Bahrul Uloom replied: “It is now a week that your neighbor and his family are withoutwheat and rice. He was trying to buy some dates from a shop on credit but the shopkeeper refusedto grant him any more credit. He returned home empty-handed and the family is without a morselof food.” Sayed Jawad was taken by surprise. “By Allah,” he said, “I have no knowledge about this.” That is why I am displeased all the more. How can you be unaware of your own neighbor? Sevendays of difficulties have passed and you tell me you do not know about it. Well, If you had knownand ignored him despite your knowledge, then you would not even he a Muslim, Ayatul- lah Uloomadjoined. Then he instructed him to take all the dishes of food before him to his neighbor. “Sit withhim to eat, so that he does not feel ashamed. And take this sum for his future ration. Place it underhis pil- low or carpet so that he is not humiliated, and inform me when this 103 work is completed, fornot until then shall I eat.” “That man is not from Download 0.5 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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