Be mindful of Allah

Hazrat Ibn e Abbas( may Allah be pleased with him) reported: i was riding with the messenger of Allah, pease and blessings be upon him, and He said:
        O young man i will teach you some words. Be mindful of Allah and He will protect you. Be mindful of Allah and you will be find Him before you. If you ask, ask from Allah. If you seek help, seek help from Allah. Know that if the nations gathered together to benefit you, they cannot benefit you unless Allah has written it for you, and if the nations gathered together to harm you, they cannot harm you unless Allah has written it for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages dried.

 Al-Tirmidhi

Grapes

One day a poor man brought a bunch of grapes to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh*) as a gift.

He was very excited to be able to bring a gift for the Prophet (pbuh). He placed the grapes beside the Prophet (pbuh) and said, ‘O Prophet of God, please accept this small gift from me’.He was a poor man who could not afford more.

His face beamed with happiness as he offered his small gift. It was evident that he loved the Prophet a lot.

The Prophet (pbuh) thanked him graciously. As the man looked at him expectantly, the Prophet ate one grape. Then he ate another one.

Slowly the Prophet finished the whole bunch of grapes by himself. He did not offer grapes to anyone present.

The poor man who brought those grapes was very pleased and left.

The companions of the Prophet (pbuh) who were around him were surprised.

Usually the Prophet (pbuh) shared whatever he got with them. He would offer them whatever he was given and they would eat it together.

Usually he would start first, out of respect to the person who had given him the gift. But he would always offer it to others.

This time had been different. Without offering it to anyone, the Prophet (pbuh) finished the bunch of grapes by himself.

One of the companions asked respectfully, “O Prophet of God! How come you ate all the grapes by yourself and did not offer to any one of us present?”

The holy Prophet (pbuh) smiled and said, “I ate all the grapes by myself because the grapes were sour.

If I would have offered you, you might have made funny faces and shown your distaste of the grapes.

That would have hurt the feelings of that poor man.

I thought to myself that it’s better that I eat all of them cheerfully and please the poor man. I did not want to hurt the feelings of that poor man.”

Moral:

1) Consideration for the feelings of others
2) Graciousness in accepting gifts.

Subhan’Allah*.. Such was the character and manner of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

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Brief Meanings:

pbuh = peace and blessings of God be upon him

subhanAllah = How perfect God is/ Glory be to God

The Orphan Boy

Rasulullah* (pbuh*) was going to Eid Salah in the company of his companions. They were walking and chanting the Takbeer. “Allahu Akbar*, Allahu Akbar”.

And the streets of Medina Munawara were echoing in “Allahu Akbar”.

Everyone was excited and dressed nicely and everyone had their perfume on.

Rasulullah (pbuh) suddenly saw a young child sitting on the side with his face buried on his hand and he’s crying away.

Rasulullah (pbuh) stopped and told the companions” You may continue and I will join you later.”

He went to the child, he sat next to him on the side of the street.

He patted him on the back and said:

Young child, why are you crying?”

The young child said ,”Today is the day of Eid*. And all the young children are holding their father’s hand and they are going for Eid Salah. My father was matyred in the battle of Uhud. I have no father. There is no father’s hand for me to hold”.

And he continue to sit there crying on the side of the street.

He said, “Leave me alone, let me sit here and cry while the rest of the world enjoys itself”.

Rasulullah (pbuh) said to this child “If you are crying, Muhammad will also not celebrate the day of Eid”.

Rasulullah (pbuh) held the child’s hand and he said, “While all the children are holding the hands of their fathers, you will hold the hand of Muhammad (pbuh). And from today onwards you will never say you do not have a father. From today onwards Muhammad is your father and Aisha (may God be pleased with her) is your mother.”

Rasulullah (pbuh) then walked with the child all the way up to the place of Eid Salah and when Rasulullah (pbuh) was giving the Khutbah*, he had this child sitting on his thigh (in another narration he had the child sit on his shoulders).

This is the mercy of Rasulullah (pbuh).

* Brief Meanings:

Rasullullah = Prophet Muhammad

pbuh = peace and blessings of God be upon him

Allahu Akbar = God is the Greatest

Eid = day of celebration for Muslims, Festival for Muslims

Eid Salah = special prayers done on Eid morning

Khutbah = sermon

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