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A Father Took His Son To A Village To Teach About Poverty.

After The Trip He Asked His Son About The Poor.

Son Replied:
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We’ve 1 Dog, Villagers Had 4

We’ve Small Pool, They’ve Long River

We’ve Lamps, They’ve Stars

We’ve Small Piece Of Land, They’ve Large Fields

We’ve Servants 2 Serve Us, They Serve Others

We Buy Food, They Grow Their Food

We’ve House To Protect Us, They’ve Friends

The Boy’s Father Was Speechless.

Then His Son Said: “Thanks For Showing How Poor We Are.“
 
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Khalifah Haroon Rashid Rahmatullah alaihe had a son, about sixteen years of age, who used to associate frequently with the ascetics and spiritual leaders of those times. He would often go to the graveyard, sit by the graves and say, "There was a time when you inhabited this world and you were its masters. But the world did not protect you and you ended up in graves. Would that I knew what you are experiencing now! I wish I knew what you said in reply to the questions that were asked of you!" He used to recite this couplet very often:

"The funerals frighten me everyday, and wailings of the female mourners make me sad."

One day, the young boy came to the court of his father, Haroon Rasheed, while he was sitting in company with viziers, lords and noblemen. The boy was dressed in simple clothes; with a turban on his head; when the courtiers saw him in this condition, they said, "The ways of this mad boy are a disgrace to the Amir-ul-Mo'mineen, in the sight of the kings; if he could admonish him, the boy might give up his foolish habits". The Khalifah heard this and said to his son, "My dear son, you have disgraced me in the sight of the kings". At this, the boy did not say a word (to his father), but called out to a bird sitting nearby, "O bird, I ask you, in the name of Him Who created you, to come and sit on my hand," whereupon the bird flew across to him and perched on his hand. The boy then told it to fly away and it flew back to perch as before. After this, he said to his father, "My dear father, as a matter of fact, it is your attachment of the world that is a disgrace to me. I have made up my mind to part from you". And, saying this, the boy went away, taking only the Qur'an with him. When he went to take leave from his mother, she gave him a precious ring (so that he might sell it and use the money in case of need). The boy then went to Basrah, to work among the labourers. He accepted employment only on Saturdays, using his day's wages for seven days, spending a Danaq (One sixth Dirham) each day.

The remaining story has been related by Abu Aamir Basri Rahmatullah alaihe, who says. "Once a wall of my house collapsed and I needed a mason to rebuild it. Somebody told me that there was a young boy who did the work of a mason and I went looking for him. Outside the city, I saw a handsome young boy sitting on the ground and reciting the Holy Qur'an with a bag lying beside him. I asked him if he would like to work as a labourer and he said, 'Certainly, we have been created to toil and labour. What work would you want me to do?' I said that I needed a mason to do some construction. He said, 'I shall take a Dirham and a Danaq as my wages for the day, and I shall have to stop work and go to the Masjid when it is time for Salaat; I shall resume work after Salaat.' I agreed; he came with me and began to work on the wall. I came back in the evening and I was surprised to see that he had done as much work as ten masons. I gave him two Dirhams, but he refused to accept more than a Dirham and a 'Danaq' and was gone, taking just as much as had been agreed upon.


'Next morning, I went out again, 1ooking for him, but I was told that he worked only on Saturdays and that nobody could find him on other days of the week. As I was greatly satisfied with his work, I decided to postpone the remaining construction till Saturday. When Saturday came round, I again went looking for him and found him in the same place, reciting from the Holy Qur'an as usual. When I greeted him, saying Assalaam-o-Alaikum', he returned my greetings, saying, 'Wa-'Alaikum-as-Salaam' and agreed to work on the wall. Wondering how he had done ten days' work last Saturday, I watched him working, without being noticed by him. I saw, to my amazement, that, when he put mortar on the wall, the stones automatically joined together. I was sure that he was one the favourites of Allah, as such people are assisted by unseen help from Allah Ta'ala. In the evening, I wanted to give him three Dirhams but he took just a Dirham and a Danaq and went away, saying, I have no use for more than this amount'. I waited for him for another week and went out looking for him again next Saturday, but could not find him anywhere. On my enquiring from people, a man told me that he had been ill for three days and was lying in a deserted place; so I engaged a guide on payment to lead me to the place. We reached there to find him lying unconscious on the ground, his head pillowed on a piece of broken brick. I greeted him, but he did not respond and I said, 'Assalaam-o-aIaikum' a bit louder. This time he opened his eyes and recognized me. I laid his head in my lap, but he put it back on the piece of brick and recited a few couplets, two of which I still remember:

'O my friend, do not be beguiled by the luxuries of the world, for, your life is passing away; the luxuries are short-lived. And when you carry a bier to the grave, remember, one day you, too, will be carried to the graveyard.'


The boy then said to me, 'Abu Amir, when my soul departs, wash me and shroud me in the clothes that I am wearing now.' I said, "Dear me, I see no harm in buying new cloth for your shroud". He said, 'The living are more in want of new clothes that the dead.' (These, exactly, were the words spoken by Abu Bakr Radhiallaho anho when he was nigh unto death and willed that he should be shrouded in his old garments, when they asked his permission to buy new cloth for his shroud).

"The boy added, 'The shroud (old or new) will quickly decay. What remains with a man after his death are his deeds. Give this turban of mine and the jug of water to the grave-digger and, when you have buried me, convey this copy of the Holy Qur'an and this ring to Khalifah Haroon Rashid and mind you, deliver it into his own hands and say, 'These things were entrusted to me by a stranger boy who bade me convey them to you,' with the words: 'O Father, take heed, lest you die in heedlessness, beguiled by the world'. With these words on his lips the young boy gave up his soul. At that moment I came to know that he was a prince.

"After his death, I washed him, shrouded him and laid him in the grave, even as he had desired and I gave his turban and the jug to the grave-digger. After this, I undertook a journey to Baghdad in order to deliver the ring and the Holy Book to the Khalifah. Luckily for me, when I reached the Khalifah's palace, his cavalcade was just coming out of the court. I stood on a raised platform and watched the pageant. There came out from the palace a troop of a thousand horsemen, followed by ten more troops, in each a thousand horse¬men. In the last troop rode the Amir-ul-Mo'mineen, himself, on seeing whom I called in a loud voice, 'O, Amir-ul-Mo'mineen,, I beseech you, in the name of your kinship with Rasulullah Sallallaho alaihe wasallam, to stop awhile' The Ameer-ul-Mo'mineen stopped and looked round, I went forward at once and handed over to him the two trusts of the deceased prince, saying, 'These things were entrusted to me by a stranger boy who passed away, leaving a will that these should be delivered into your own hands. The Khalifah looked at the ring and the Holy Qur'an and hung his head in sorrow. I saw tears dripping from his eyes. The Ameer-ul-Mo'mineen, then, told his chamberlain to escort me to his palace and to present me to him when he came back from the promenade. I stayed with the chamberlain in the palace.
 
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"When the Khalifah came back in the evening, he ordered the curtains of his palace to be drawn down and told the chamberlain to call me into his presence, even though, he said, 'The man will just revive my sorrow'. The chamberlain came to me and said, 'The Ameer-ul-Mo'mineen wants you, but mind you, he is grievously shocked. If you want to say something in ten words, try to put it in five.' He then ushered me into the private room of the Khalifah, who was sitting there all by himself. The Khalifah told me to sit closer to him and when I had taken my seat, asked me, 'Do you know that son of mine?' I said Yes, and he asked me, 'What did he do for a living?' I said that he did the work of a mason. The Ameer-ul-Mo'mineen, said, 'Did you also engage him to do the work of a mason?' I said that I had done so. The Ameer-ul-Mo'mineen said, 'Did it not occur to your mind that he had a kinship with Rasulullah' (Haroon Rashid was a descendant of Abbas Radhiallaho anho, the uncle of Rasulullah Sallallaho alaihe wasallam). I said, 'O Ameer-uI Mo'mineen! First of all, I beg forgiveness of Allah Ta'ala and then beg your pardon, but I did not know of it at that time. I only learnt about it after he had passed away.' The Khalifah said, 'Did you wash his body with your own hands?' I said, 'Yes' and he said, 'Let me touch your hand'. He then held my hand to his bosom, caressing his chest with it, and recited a few verses which meant:

O thou estranged from me, my heart melts away with grief over thee; my eyes shed tears of sorrow! O thou whose burial-place is far, too far, thy grief is closer to my heart. True, death disconcerts most excellent pleasures of the world. Ah, my estranged son was like a moon hanging above a silvery bough. The moon has set in the grave, the silvery bough gone to dust.

After this, Haroon Rashid decided to go to Basrah to visit the grave of his son. I, Abu Aamir also accompanied him. Standing by his son's grave, Haroon Rasheed recited the following verses,

'O voyager to the Unknown, never shalt thou come back home. Death snatched you away in the first bloom of youth. O coolness of my eyes, thou wert my solace, my heart's peace, in long lonely hours of night and in brief moments of death, which thy father shall drink in old age. Indeed, each one must taste of Death, be he nomad or a town dweller. All praise be to Allah, the One, Who has no partners; for, these are the manifestations of His Divine Decree.

The following night, when I went to bed after observing my daily devotional practices, I dreamt that I saw a domed building bathed in Noor, above which there hung a cloud of Noor. Out of this cloud of Noor came the voice of the deceased boy, talking to me, 'Abu Aamir, May Allah grant you the best reward (for washing and shrouding me and for acting upon my will)!' I asked him, 'My dear friend, how are you faring in the next world?' He said, 'I have been admitted to the presence of my Lord, Who is the Most Bounteous One and Who is well pleased with me. He has granted me such Bounties as eyes have never seen, ears have never heard of and minds have never thought of.' (The reference is to a Hadith Qudsi which narrates as follows: Rasulullah reports Allah Ta'ala as saying "I have prepared for my righteous servants, things that no eye has seen, nor any ear heard of; nor entered in the mind of man".

Abdullah bin Mas'ood Radhiallaho anho narrates; 'It occurs in the Torah that Allah Ta'ala has prepared for those who forsake their beds to cry unto their Lord (observe Tahajjud Salat) such bounties as no eye has seen, nor any ear heard, nor occurring in the mind of any man, nor does any angel (however near to Allah) know of them, nor are they known to any Nabi or Rasul. Allah Ta'ala says, in the Holy Qur'an:

No soul knoweth what is kept hidden for them of joy (mosty pleasing to their eyes). (Sajdah: 17)

The boy then said to me (in the dream), 'Allah Ta'ala has promised me, swearing by His Glory, that He would grant such honours and bounties to all those who come out of the world like me, without being tainted by it!'

The author of 'Raudh' says that this story has also come down to him through another chain of narration. This version adds: Someone asked Haroon Rashid about this boy and he said, "This son was born before my ascension to the Caliphate and was brought up very well and was taught good manners. He had learnt the Holy Qur'an and other related branches of religious knowledge, but when I rose to be a Khalifah, he forsake me and went away. My worldly magnificence did not bring him any comfort in life, for he did not like to benefit from it in any way. When he was going away, I asked his mother to give him the ring, the pearl set in which was very precious, but he did not make use of it and sent it back before his death. The boy had been very obedient to his mother." (Raudh)
 
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ALLAH in the name of, the Most Affectionate, the Merciful
40 Beneficial hadith filled with wisdom

1.The Prophet of Allaah,sallallahu alayhee wa aalehee wasalam said:“Religion is sincerity.”We said:“To whom,O the Prophet of Allaah?”He said:“To Allaah,His Book,His Messenger,to the leaders of the Muslims&their common folk.”[Muslim,Iman(Faith),95]

2.“Islaam necessitates having good moral qualities.”[Qanz Al-Ummal,3/17,Hadith No:5225]

3.“Whoever is not merciful(to the creation)will not be shown mercy by Allaah.”[Muslim,Fada’il(Virtues),66;Tirmidhee,Birr (Piety),16]

4.“Facilitate things to people(concerning religious matters), &do not make it hard for them&give them good tidings&do not make them run away(from Islaam).”[Bukharee,Ilm(Knowledge),12;Muslim, Jihad(Holy Struggle),6]

5.Another admonition man has learned from the prophets is the following maxim:“If you have no modesty,then do whatever you wish.”[Bukharee,anbiyaa’(Prophets),54;Aboo Dawood,adab(Good Manners),6]

6.“Whoever opens a way to a charitable deed is like the one that has done this good deed(himself).”
[Tirmidhee,ilm(Knowledge),14]

7.“A believer is not bitten twice from the same hole.”(A believer is not mistaken twice with the same fault).
[Bukharee,adab(Manners),83;Muslim,Dhuhd(Adherence to Devotions),63]

8.“Fear Allaah wherever you are.Do good immediately after a sinful act to erase it,&always be well-mannered in your relationship with people”[Tirmidhee,Birr(Piety55]

9.“Allaah is pleased with your doing your jobs,deeds&tasks well&soundly.”[Tabaranee,Al-Mujamu Al-Awsah,1/275;Bayhaqee, Shu’ab Al-Iman(Branches of Faith)4/334]

10.“Faith is composed of 70 odd branches;of which the highest is belief in"La Ilaha Illallah"[There is no God but Allaah]&the lowest is the removal of a hindrance from the road,&the sense of modesty is an important branch of Faith.”[Bukharee, Iman (Faith), 3;Muslim,Iman(Faith),57-58]

11.“Whoever sees something evil should change it with his hands(unless by doing this it creates a bigger evil).If he cannot, then with his tongue;&if he cannot do even that,then in his heart,which is the weakest degree of faith.”[Muslim,Iman (Faith),78;Aboo Dawood,Salah(Prayers),248]

12.“The eyes of 2 people that will never witness the fire of Hell:the eyes of a soldier who keeps guard at frontiers&on battlefields,&of those whose awe of Allaah causes them to cry.” [Tirmidhee,Fadha’il Al-Jihad(Virtues of War),12]

13.“There is no giving of harm to others nor retaliating harm with harm.”[Ibn Ma’jah,Ahqam(Decrees),17;Muwattah,Aqdiyyah,31]

14.“None of you will have true faith till he wishes for his (Muslimbrother what he likes for himself.”[Bukharee,Iman(Faith)7;Muslim,Iman(Faith,71]

15.“A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim,so he should not oppress him,nor should he hand him over to an oppressor.Whoever has fulfilled the needs of his brother,Allaah will fulfil his needs;whoever has brought his(Muslim)brother out of a discomfort,Allaah will bring him out of the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection,&whoever has screened a Muslim,Allaah will screen him(of his faults) on the Day of Resurrection.” [Bukharee,Mazalim(Injustices),3;Muslim,Birr(Piety),58]

16.“None of you will enter Paradise unless you have faith, & none of you truly have faith unless you love each other.” [Muslim, Iman (Faith), 93; Tirmidhee, Sifat Al-Qiyamah (Attributes of Doomsday) 56]

17.“A Muslim is one from whose tongue & hands the Muslims are safe & a believer is one in whom people place their trust in regard to their life & wealth.”

18.“Do not shun each other; do not ignore one another; do not hate one another; & do not envy one another; & be brothers with one another, O slaves of Allaah. No Muslim is allowed to shun his (Muslim) brother for more than 3 days.”[Bukharee, Adab (Manners), 57-58]

19.“It is incumbent upon you to be always truthful, for truthfulness guides to absolute piety & piety leads to Paradise. A man who always tells the truth & pursues the truth is written with Allaah as a truthful one. Refrain from lying, for lying guides to sinfulness & sinfulness leads to Hellfire. A man continues to tell lies & pursues lies until he is written with Allaah as a liar.”[Bukharee,Adab(Manners),69;Muslim,Birr (Piety),103,104]

20.“Do not quarrel with your(Muslim)brothers.Do not make them such jokes as they will not like.Do not make promises to them that you will not keep.”[Tirmidhee,Birr(Piety),58]

21.“Your smiling in the face of your (Muslim) brother is charity;enjoining the good&forbidding the evil is charity;your guiding a man that has lost his way is charity; & your removing of stones, thorns, & bones from people’s paths is charity for you.”[Tirmidhee,Birr(Piety),36]

22.“Allaah does not look at your appearance or your possessions;but He looks at your heart & your deeds.”[Muslim, Birr (Piety),33;Ibn Maja,Dhuhd(Observance of Devotions)9;Ahmad bin Hanbal,2/285,539]

23.“Allaah’s Pleasure lies in the pleasure of one’s parents; while His Wrath too lies in the wrath of theirs.”[Tirmidhee, Birr(Piety),3]

24.“Three prayers are answered without doubt:A prayer by a person suffering injustice,&a prayer by a traveller,& a prayer by a father for his children.”[Ibn Majah,Dua(Prayer),11]

25.“No father can give his children a better gift than good manners.”[Tirmidhee,Birr(Piety),33]

26.“The best among you are those who give the best treatment to their wives.”[Tirmidhee,Radah,11;Ibn Majah,Niqah(Wedding),50]

27.“Whoever does not show affection to the young&respect to the old is not one of us.”[Tirmidhee,Birr(Piety),15;Aboo Dawood, Adab(Manners) 66]

28.“Making a motion of his index & middle fingers our Prophet said,‘Whoever supports an orphan from among his own or any other family will be as close to me in Heaven as these fingers are close to each other.”[Bukharee,Talaq(Divorce),25;Adab(Good Manners),24;Muslim,Dhuhd(Observance of Devotions),42]

29.“Avoid the7great destructive sins.”The Muslims enquired, “O Allaah’s Apostle! What are they?“He said,“To join others in worship along with Allaah(shirk),to practice sorcery (magic),to kill the life which Allaah has forbidden except for a just cause(according to Islaamic law)(murder),to eat up Ribah(usury) (interest),to eat up an orphan’s wealth(usurp),to give back to the enemy&fleeing from the battlefield at the time of fighting (cowardice),&to accuse chaste women,who has never thought of anything touching her chastity&are good believers(false accusation).”[Bukharee,Wasayah,23;(Medicine),48;Muslim,Iman (Faith),144]

30.“Anybody who believes in Allaah & the Last Day should not harm his neighbour,&anybody who believes in Allaah&the Last Day should entertain his guest
generously&anybody who believes in Allaah&the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet.” [Bukharee,Adab (Manners),31,85;Muslim,Iman(Faith),74,75]

31.“Jibra’eel kept on recommending me about treating the neighbours in a kind&polite manner,so much so that I thought that he would order(me)to make them (my)heirs.”[Bukharee,Adab (Manners),28;Muslim,Birr(Piety),140141]

32. “The one who helps widows & poor people is like a warrior fighting for Allaah’s Cause or like a person who fasts during the day & prays all the night.”[Bukharee,Nafaqah(Alimony),1;Muslim, Dhuhd(Observance of Devotions),41;Tirmidhee,Birr(Piety), ,4; Nasa’ee,Zaqah(Poor-due),78]

33.“Everybody errs. The best of those who have erred are those that repent.”[Tirmidhee,Qiyamah(Doomsday),49;Ibn Al-Majah, Dhuhd (Observance of Devotions), 30]

34. “The condition of the believer is worthy of envy & admiration, because every state they are in is a cause of benefit. Such a quality is unique to the believer: When they are delighted, they praise (Allaah) & this is a benefit; when they suffer harm, they show patience & this is also a benefit.” [Muslim, Dhuhd (Observance of Devotions), 64; Darim, Riqaq, 61]

35. “Those who cheat are not of us.” [Muslim, Iman (Faith), 164]

36. “Talebearers shall not be admitted to the Paradise (unless they have suffered their due penalty or are forgiven).” [Muslim, Iman (Faith), 168; Tirmidhee, Birr (Piety), 79]

37. “Give workers their wages before their tears (on their foreheads) have dried.” [Ibn Majah, Ruhun, 4]

38. “What people, animals or birds eat of the fruit of those trees or crops planted or raised by a Muslim is a charity for him.” [Bukharee, Adab (Manners), 27; Muslim, Musaqah, 7, 10]

39. “In everybody there is a piece of flesh, if it is healthy, the whole body is healthy, and if it is sick, the whole body is sick. Beware! It is the heart!” [Bukharee, Iman (Faith), 39; Muslim, Musaqah, 107]

40. “Do not rebel against your Lord; establish 5 daily prayers; fast in the Month of Ramadhaan, give the alms of your property; obey your superiors. (Thus) you will be admitted to the Paradise of your Lord.” [Tirmidhee, Jumiah, 80]
 
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'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. al-'As (Allah be pleased with them) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: 'Abdullah, don't be like so and so who observed prayer during the whole night and then abandoned it (altogether). [Bukhari wa Muslim]

Wa Allahu Musta'an! :(
 
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