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hkhan
UNITED KINGDOM
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 Topic initiated on Thursday, October 5, 2006 - 1:28 PM 
gift of time
with thnx to nav. uk
" There was once a man who was going to travel to a dangerous land.He goes to the house of a man, well known for his honesty.He knocks on the door and tells him:I'm giving you $1440 to keep with you as I am travelling to a dangerous place.When I get back, I only want $17 back."The honest man stood their perplexed but agreed.The next day, the traveller comes back to the honest man's house andasks him for $17. The honest man tells him thathe forgot and that he had spent it all.The traveller forgave him since he knew that this man is honest enough to give it back later.The next day, the same man travels to the same dangerous place and givesthe same honest man $1440 to keep and at the endof the day, he will take $17 back. The traveller returns from histravels and asks the honest man for his $17. The honest manreplies that he was so engrossed in having a good time with his
friends,that he spent all the money again.Once again, the traveller forgave him, knowing he didn't do it on purposeThis same incident starts to happen everyday,whereby the honest man is given $1440 and is expected to return only$17 but fails to do so.Later on, his child becomes sick and the doctor who was going to givethe treatment tells the honest man that if he wishes for his child to belooked after, the fee was $1440.The honest man starts to panic realising he can't afford $1440.It then struck him that the traveller used to give him that same amount.He runs to the traveller's house and asks him ina panic for $1440.The traveller told him that due to his feeble excuses, he has stopped going to his house as he has lost faith in his honesty.The irony is, is that this story has once been directly relevant to each and every single one of us.
It is quite remarkable that Allah
(swt) gives us 1440 minutes each dayand only specifies 17 minutes of that back in prayer.But due to the ignorance of people and the whisperings of Shaitaan theaccursed, we areblinded towards the minute scale of what we are giving back.This story points out three things.
1. The importance of Salah and how little we have to give back.
2. The mercy of Allah that he forgives us even after such blunders.
3. The fact that we only realise how important something is (in this case gift of wealth) until it is gone. |
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xxbasxx
UNITED KINGDOM
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 Posted - Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 6:57 PM 
Assalamualaikum
Subhan'Allah, what a sad reality :'(
.xXx. |
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