The prophet said, "Give up telling lies first and always speak the truth."
The man promised to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal.
Before setting out, he thought for a moment about the promise he made with the prophet.
"If tomorrow the prophet asks me where have I been, what shall I say? Shall I say that I went out stealing? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If I tell the truth, everyone will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be punished for stealing."
So the man decided not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
Next day, he felt like drinking wine, when he was about to do so, he said to himself, "What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what did I do during the day? I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will hate me, because a Muslim is not allowed to drink wine."
And so he gave up the idea of drinking wine.
In this way, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth at all times.
One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a good Muslim and a very good person.
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When finally my eyes open
During our last year of University, this brother of mine announced that he was engaged and that he was to be married after he graduates this year and finds himself a job. I was glad for him.
He talked non stop about getting married, I was sort of getting jealous of him because the brother had it made for him, finishing school, getting married, and especially coming from a wealthy family.
One day this brother was to meet me at the coffee shop. He showed up, but astonishingly he wasn't smiling and wasn't talking about his fiancee.
I asked him what was wrong, he asked if we could talk somewhere privately and we did. Finally I knew why he was upset.
He had told me that he found out that he had a brain tumor which was malignant, which meant it had become cancerous. When he told me the news his voice was quivering and tears were streaming down his cheeks.
I had never seen him like this before. I kept thinking how could have this happened? A man who had everything made and had everything perfect.
I saw this brother slowly go down. He had to drop out of school at his last year because he began to lose his memory and he started to repeat himself over again.
He did not have a chance at school without his memory.
He had told his fiancee and her family and her parents did not want their daughter to marry him, because he had no job and basically no future.
This was hard for him, I remember he would cry to me about her and how he cared for her and how hopeless he felt.
Later the brother had problems writing and his right eyesight was fading. The tumor was on the left side of his brain so it affected everything on his right.
Because of his memory loss the brother soon forgot surahs of Al-Quran and he even forgot how to pray.
A year later his right arm was paralysed and his eyesight was taken away from him.
It was the hardest thing for me to see. I began coming over everyday helping him recite surahs.
When I was reciting surah Al-Fatihah to him and he was slowly repeating after me. I looked at him and I thought, this was the same brother who was so intelligent and was to finish school, this was the same brother who came from such a wealthy family, this was the same brother who talked for days about getting married and raising a family, this was the same brother who had everything.
But now he can barely remember what I said to him ten minutes a ago.
This man was now turning towards Allah, he dropped everything and turned towards Allah. Allah gave him everything and Allah could take everything away just as easily.
A month ago, I had gotten a call saying that the brother passed. I washed his body with a couple of other brothers and I saw his lifeless body. He was buried and after I returned home.
The next day I sat down wondering to myself about the power of Allah. My brother's death made me realise that we forget what our purpose of being here is for: To serve Allah. You could have everything, but do you have anything that is important?
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DOES ALLAH SPEAK TO US?
A young man had been to Wednesday Night Class of Quranic Studies.
The Mualim had shared about listening to Allah and obeying Allah through intuition.
The young man couldn't help but wonder, 'Does Allah still speak to people through intuition?'
After Lessons, he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message. Several different opinions and talks about how Allah had led them in different ways and that at the end you'll know it was Allah (SWT) Who has directed you.
It was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, 'Allah...If you still speak to people, speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey.
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk. He shook his head and said out loud, 'Allah is that you?' He didn't get a reply and started on toward home. But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk came into his mind.
'Okay, Allah, in case that is you, I will buy the milk.' It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home. As he passed Seventh Street, he again felt the urge, 'Turn
Down that street.'
This is crazy he thought, and drove on past the intersection. Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street. At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh. Half jokingly, he said out loud, 'Okay, Allah, I will.' He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in a semi-commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either.
The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed. Again, he sensed something, 'Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street.' The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat.
'Allah, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will look stupid.' Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk. Finally, he opened the door, 'Okay Allah (SWT), if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something, but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here.'
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man's voice yelled out, 'Who is it? What do you want?' Then the door opened before the young man could get away. The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked
like he just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too
happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep.
'What is it?' The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, 'Here, I brought this to you.'
The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway. Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man had tears streaming down his face. The man began speaking and half crying, 'We were just praying. We had some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking Allah (SWT) to show me how to get some milk.' His wife in the kitchen yelled out, 'I ask him to send an Angel with some.
Are you an Angel?' The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face. He knew that Allah (SWT) still answers prayers. NOW HERE'S THE TEST....If you believe that Allah (SWT) answers prayers, send this to everyone you care about !!!!!!!!!
If you do not send nothing will happen to you, but if you send you might just be sending someone hope and belief that Allah (SWT) hears our prayers and give hope to those who have already lost faith considering the situation most people.
Sometimes it's the simplest things that Allah (SWT) asks us to do, that enable us to understand His words clearer and better than ever.
Please listen, and obey!
It will bless you and others ,insha Allah.[sisfaith]
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