100 Moral Stories
"Abstention from sins is better than seeking help afterward." Imam
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"Abstention from sins is better than seeking help afterward." Imam
Ali (AS) 112 Chapter 69 FINDERS KEEPERS A wise woman who was traveling in themountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another travelerwho was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone & asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation.The traveler left, rejoicing his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.“I’ve been thinking,” He said, “I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope thatyou can give me something even more precious: Give me what you have within you that enabledyou to give me the stone.” 113 Chapter 70 BANDAGE OF COMPLAINT! Once a saint saw a man with a bandage tied round his head. “Why have you tied the bandage?” heasked. “Because my head aches,” the man replied. “How old are you?” he demanded. “Thirty,” hereplied. “Have you been in pain and anguish the greater part of your life?” he en- quired. “No,” theman answered. “For thirty years you have enjoyed good health,” he remarked, “and you never tiedthe bandage of thankful- ness. Now because of this one night head ache, that you have, you tie thebandage of complaint!” 114 Chapter 71 AN AGED STUDENT Sikaki was a skilled artist an artisan. With great expertise and interest, he made such a nice andbeautiful inkpot that it could be presented to the king. He expected that, appreciating his artisticskill, the king would en- courage him as far as possible. So, with countless hopes and thousand ofdesires, he presented that inkpot to the king. In the beginning the king was very impressed by his artistic skill but afterwards an unpleasant event occurred that caused an extraordinary change inSikaki’ s life and way of thinking. When the king was observing the skilled artistry of the beautiful ink- pot and Sikaki was lost in theworld of thoughts, the people informed that a scholar-literary person or jury is about to enter thecourt. As soon as the scholar entered, the king got so much absorbed in welcoming and talking tohim that he forgot Sikaki and his skilled artistry. This incident caused an adverse and deep effecton the heart of Sikaki. He realized that now he would not receive the encouragement he had expected and all his desiresand hopes are useless now. But Sikaki’s high spirited mind did not allow him to be in peace, so he started thinking as to what should he do. He decided to do what the others have done and go on the same way that the others have gone (uptill now). Therefore, he decided to search for his lost hopes in the world of knowledge, literature and books. Although for a wise man who has passed the daysof his young age, it was not easy to study with young children and to start right from the preliminary stage. But he did not have a choice . After all whenever the fish is taken out of water, it is fresh. Worse than that, in the beginning he did not find any sort of interest in himself regarding readingand writing. Perhaps spending a long time in 115 artistic works and handicraft was the reason for stagnancy in his scientif- ic and literary talent. But neither his advanced age nor lack of capabil- ity,none of these could change his decision. With great enthusiasm and zeal for attaining knowledge,he strictly got busy with his studies, until another incident occurred: The teacher who was teaching him Shafi’e jurisprudence (fiqh Shafi’e), taught him this lesson: “The teacher believes that the skin of a dog be- comes clean (tahir) after tanning.” Sikaki repeatedthis sentence a lot of times so that at the time of examination he should be able to succeed. Butwhen he was asked to answer this question, he said: “The dog be- lieves that the skin of a teacherbecomes clean after tanning.” The audience upon hearing this answer started laughing. It was clear for everybody that this oldman is absolutely incapable of reading and writing. After this incident Sikaki not only left the school , but he left the town and went towards the Jungle. By chance, he reached thefoot of a mountain, where he saw that the water is falling drop by drop from the topand due to the continuous falling of water, a hole had been formed in that hard stone.He reflected for sometime, a good idea crossed his mind like lightning. And he said:“Maybe my heart is not ready to accept (knowledge) but it is not harder than thisstone. It is impossible that con- tinuous studying and hard work would be ineffective.” Therefore, he came back and with hard work, he got busy in the attain- ment of knowledge. As a result he was reckoned as one of the popular scholars of his time. Download 0.5 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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