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How Much Does A Prayer Weigh?
Fatimah, a poorly dressed lady with a look of forlorn on her face,
walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a
most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries.
She softly explained that her husband was very ill and unable to work,
and they had seven children and they needed food very badly.
Ahmad, the grocer and a mean man by nature, scoffed at her and requested
that she leave his store. Visualising the family needs, she pleaded :
'Please, Brother Ahmad! I will bring you the money just as soon as I
can. Please, have pity on my hungry children" Ahmad told her he could
not give her credit, as she did not have a charge account at his store.
Standing beside the counter was a customer who was well-known in the
village as Mr. Hussien who overheard the conversation
between the
Fatimah and the grocer. Mr. Hussien, who is well known for his
charitable heart, walked forward and told the grocer that he would pay
for whatever she needed for her family.
The grocer said in a very reluctant voice, "Do you have a grocery list?
Fatimah replied, "Yes Brother I do." "O.K." he said in a mean voice,
"put your grocery list on the scales and whatever your grocery list
weighs, I will give you that amount in groceries."
Fatimah hesitated a moment with a bowed head, then she reached into her
purse and took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it. She
then laid the piece of paper on the scale carefully with her head still
bowed. The eyes of Ahmad, the grocer and Mr. Hussien showed amazement
when the scales went down and stayed down.
Ahmad, staring at the scales, turned slowly to the customer and said
begrudgingly, "I can't believe it." The customer smiled and the grocer
started putting the
groceries on the other side of the scales. The scale
did not balance so he continued to put more and more groceries on them
until the scales would hold no more. The grocer stood there in
utter amazement.
Finally, he grabbed the piece of paper from the scales and looked at it
with greater amazement. It was not a grocery list, it was a prayer
which read :
"Dear Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, you know what my family needs and I am
leaving this in Your hands."
The grocer gave her the groceries that he had gathered and stood in
stunned silence. Fatimah thanked him and Mr. Hussien left the store.
Mr. Hussien then paid the bill to the grocer and said, "It was worth
every penny of it." It was sometime later that the grocer discovered the
scales were broken, therefore, only ............
Allah Knows How Much A Prayer
Weighs. |
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.}
(Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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