بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
صلى الله علي النبي
وآله وسلم تسليما
Picture 2005, - resident in USA for 28 years,
spent from 2009 to the end of 2014 in
Indonesia - of
the volunteering servant of Hadith and the senior IT
technology architect and certified ISO9000 Standards and
TQM lead auditor from San Jose University, Silicon
valley, California, USA
(Please supplicate to Allah, Exalted is He: O Allah! Praise and venerate Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions and forgive me and Ahmed ibn Ad-Darwish, Anne Khadiejah and Siti Nadriyah. and guide the failed ones below if they say Allah is our Lord and be straight. Amen)
لا يَتَعَلَّمُهُ إِلاَّ لِيُصِيبَ بِهِ عَرَضاً مِنَ الدُّنْيَا: فما بال من يعلمه للمال وليس المال القليل بل الملايين
عن أَبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قَالَ : قَالَ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم : "مَنْ سُئِلَ عن عِلْمٍ فَكَتَمَهُ ، أُلْجِمَ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ بِلِجَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ" .
رواه أَبُو داود والترمذي ، وقال : حديث حسن
1389- وعن ابن مسعودٍ رضي الله عنه قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رسولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ، يقول : "نَضَّرَ اللهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا شَيْئاً ، فَبَلَّغَهُ كَمَا سَمِعَهُ ، فَرُبَّ مُبَلَّغٍ أوْعَى مِنْ سَامِعٍ" .
رواه الترمذي ، وقال : حديث حسن صحيح .
KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED FOR WORLDLY GAIN "Whosoever acquires knowledge through which the Pleasure of Allah, the Mighty, the Glorified, is sought in order to attain thereby some worldly desire will not receive even the fragrance of Paradise on the Day of Judgement." R 1420 Abu Daud with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, , praise and peace be upon him, said this.
PUNISHMENT FOR CONCEALING KNOWLEDGE
"Whosoever is asked about knowledge and conceals it will be bridled with a bridle of Fire on the Day of Judgement."
Abu Daud and Tirmidhi with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
REWARD OF TRANSMITTING THE PROPHETIC QUOTATIONS
"May Allah brighten (the face of) a person who hears something from us and conveys it as he heard it. Perhaps the informed will comprehend more than the hearer."
Tirmidhi with a chain up to ibn Mas'ud who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
Also enjoy below :
The story based on authentic
hadith: "The three men
Who Were Tested"
WE LIKE TO READ FOR YOU YOUR ISLAMIC RIGHTS: Take 6
If in the last 3-5 years, the Muslim worker (Imam etc) or organization you follow, trust, investing your time and money DID NOT teach you - for free - in your language
(1) the 1900 topics of Koran,
(2) the 370 topics of Prophetic sayings prepared for you by Imam Nawawi,
(3) the best-900 years biography of the
Prophet (containing authentic 900 autography Hadith) PS one of
the tested shiekhs reads it in Arabic, we already translated and
give it away in English, Indonesian and 90 draft languages
including Melayu we call it: Prophet-Muhammad-Biography-1.html.
So you can read it on your own (links ofdownload needed to be
adjusted)
.. THEN THEY FAILED YOU AND THEMSELVES!
Surprise, Alhamdulillah, WE MAKE IT UP FOR YOU HERE for free and give you 3 bonuses
(4) another Biography and
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JUST pray that Allah forgive Anne Khadiejah, Nadriyah and Ahmed Darwish.
All yours in the Name of Allah and seeking the intersession of Prophet Muhammad (Allah praised and gave peace)
We give you few examples of failure which is
satan driven and needed badly tobe corrected before death:
Many are SELLING THE PROPHET FOR LITTLE PRICE in USA
1. USA: “We know one of top 10 Islamic
workers in USA, started as a nurse in USA then quit and started
Islamic organization which is today worth $8000000.00 and failed
to do the above, busy flying first class, staying in 5 star
hotels, and demanding $5000 or $10000 a speech etc !
He used to say my African shiekh told me
just talk and the light will come out of your mouth! His shaikh should come and count the dollars
in his pocket!
I rather hear the mouth of the Prophet
salla Allahu alihi wa sallam. Enough is enough!
Remember Jesus – peace be upon him said – what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Why we tell you this, to warn you not to be fooled and focus on the heritage of Prophet Muhammad alone.
TESTING
TWO SHAIKHS IN MALAYSIA WHO SELLING THE PROPHET FOR LITTLE
PRICE: I have human witness on all this
A. Sufi organization, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia:
We examined an Iraqi man who established charity
organization which started collecting 1000000 a year and now
advanced to collect 10000000 and he is actively visiting
rich people in Islamic world and giving lecture in Indonesia
at $10000 a visit, he is on the fly collecting from Morocco
then Sri Lankan south of India ( I attended
one of his public party and Allah made me to set next to the
Sri Lankan man and his banker son in Kula Lumpur , you name
it. Now all what he is doing one anniversary party a year in a
large mosque, invest feeding few hundreds and paying to out of
town few speakers and collecting all Yemeni who study or work
to line in the first line. The cost less
than 50000, and he pocked the rest. I met him about a year ago
in Surabaya and gave him CD free of all our work as a wakf and
poster of it to help him in dawah and to give it away!
B.
Another sufi and educational organization.
I met him in Egypt in the house of an Indonesian Azhar
student, I gave him - for free - a wooden box full of dalail
al khayrat to open a majles in his town back home which he
never did - then I met him in Malaysia 2 times few years ago,
the first I gave them my Wakaf design Hadith Data Warehouse CD
of 2000 Islamic books for free - you can download it from our
site - and that called sheikh asked me to teach his wife
how to use it so I taught her among others, then drag me to
give a lecture in multi million house having about 12 orphans
study Koran, the lecture was for the rich people living around
the house, I noticed he has partners of bankers etc in the
organization. After lecture I was very tired he refused I rest
in the house or following house which I gave the CD where
there is a guest house, so my wife –nearly 70 years old – have
to be dragged to his manager house slept and left in the
morning he did not offer us a dime and we did not ask. But he did not like our cloth so he bought
us very expensive cloth for me and my wife to give talk to
the rich wearing it. At the
end I told my wife we will leave these cloth behind we do
not need it, though my wife loved the design, so we did
leave it in the last house we slept in. My wife who used to
make daily zikr of 10000 prayers on the Prophet and 10000
one of the names of Allah, till many of hear beeds showed
the name Allah - subhan Allah - I seen her in far nicer
barzakh dress - Hafiz Abdullah ibn as-Siddique al Ghumari
named her Khadijah after she embraced Islam and fostered
her. She wrote 325 books for free, She passed away in few
second with no pain. all villages around us sent rice for
her walema that remained 6 months in the house in Indonesia.
Hear her own story how Allah - Exalted is He -guided her to
Him:
http://www.muhammad.com/media/en/Anne-embracing-Islam-story/audio/000-MyJourneyToIslam.mp3
Then the second visit I read ½ Muwatta of Imam Malik, where you see the picture in the Arabic section of Muhammad.com. I came to Malaysia another time and contacted him via my student to complete reading the Muwatta but he refused though he told people after I left from reading the Muwatta first time that I gave him the tariqah via sheikh Hasanin Makhloof and I was from abdaal which both statement are not true. My Shiekh Makhloof as Hafiz Abdullah are too pure to be dragged in such low human behavior. Also after reading the first time I asked him can I stay and help him starting dar-hadith he refused so I left and he gifted me 2000 local currency (my traveling tickets from Cairo is 6000)
Third time – test visit like the three
angels who tested three people- at that time, he bought a
Mercedes car ( Alhamdulillah, I
myself used to have three Mercedes cars one after the
other in USA
from my IT work, so I am not a failed person or man of
envy) Then I heard he bought Broche car when
people complained he said I need it to I go through the gate
of the Sultan easier, though sufi are adviced to stay away
from Sultan's doors
Now he started an Islamic college that takes about 4800000 a year, then he and his doctors fought about the money and kicked him then Sultan ordered him back - this what I heard but I am not witness for this - He also next to the college he has a Koran and Hadith school – that is its name on the wall of the entrance: dar al Koran wa alhadith - that does not teach hadith!!! and charging 600 a month while local Koran teachers charging 100 or max 200
He is planning to send some of the students to London to further study which is very bad location in terms of ethics and nudity.
I tested both of them
I went after the death of my wife FROM Indonesia To Malaysia telling I need help of only 1500 malaysian currency (less than $500) to buy the ticket one way, (which Alhamdulillah was already bought just to see their respond)
A. Failed the test: the staffer told me he will reach the shaykh and come back tome about the 1500 help and he never came. This is the week before the mauled, and the staffer told me he never seen the poster and the CD and I asked him what is the trust program of Islamic activities he told me you better ask the sheikh? I have witness on all this
B.
Failed
too: His wife – I pray for her to get barakah of the rank of
Pharoah’s wife - promised me to meet her by their Kuala Lumpur
college at 6pm and follow her car to go in the place where I
read Muwatta , when I came back she apologized that her
husband stopped her to bring me to the foundation and my
student asked her
sheikh short of 1500 to buy his one way return
ticket, since his family passed away, she promised to collect
the money, again her husband stopped the effort.
HAD HE WAS GIVEN
SUCCESS HE WOULD WELCOME ME AND ASK ME TO TEACH HADITH -
SINCE I DO NOT CHARGE FOR IT – BUT OF COURSE HE HAS TO
MAKE THE WHOLESCHOOL FREE AND HE HAVE LOTS OF RICH
SUPPORTERS EVEN POOR PEOPLE IN THE VILLAGE NEXT TO HIS
HOUSE EACH HOUSE GIVES him LIKE 50 A MONTH!!!!!!!!!
Had I met I would advice him to separate
halal business like his printing press for governmental
contracts alone and keep Islamic work alone free 100% like his
Mekka teacher who never charged them money and most of his
students turned millionaires from charging their students
thereby annulling their hereafter reward and separating from
their grand teachers spiritually and I am afraid they are kicked
out not to get close to the pool of the Prophet.
صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم
I even indecated to
both parties I need to consult with them about trusting them
with Allah.com Muhammad.com ... they were headless
In reality I am going back to Chicago becuase I am sick and tired of what is going on here, I did my job in terms of Indonesian and Jawi final 240 documents/books and major work aready in Melayu drafts http://muhammad.com/88languages/Malay/index.html and 90 languages .. and I did not make money here since 2009, rather I spent lot of my saving. No fear, waiting for me an income of few years retirement from IRS in Chicago which I did not collect yet. My address in Chicago is 4944 South Woodlown, Chicago, IL 60615
Alhamdulllah I am
ISO9000 standards certified lead auditor from San Jose
University, California,
USA and worked in IT for fortune 500 companies so I am
not dummy or drop out, I came to serve the Hadith and
traditional studies and Allah gave me and my family and
friends who helped lots of barakah.
I audited in 1984
similar Islamic organization called “dar al Islam” in
New Mexico, USA 30 miles north of Santa Fe and they
collected money form rich in the name of Islam and
education and played the same game, they all thought
they are smart!
The happy path:
Allah have mercy upon who does not need a test sheikh Ahmed
Deedat he was clean and not contaminated by this dunia. Also
hear the lovely story of Habib Sakkaf bin Mahdi of Parung,
Jakarta that started by a man visited the Prophet (صلى الله
عليه وآله وسلم)with his wife and daughter and three of them
seen the Prophet mentioning Habib Sakkaf bin Mahdi ... who
teaches 12000 students and feed them for free in all stages
of study even college ... coming soon in MP3
Dr.Hasan Ali of Selangor collected 6000 to
pay for us (one of our several) coming from Egypt, may Allah
reward him, we do not get any salaries and even refuse when
working for Allah and His Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله
وسلم Dr. Ali was amazed
how come these two wifes living together happily in one flath
sharing everything! Smile the reason working on the Prophet's
heritage. After all we will live together in-sha-Allah
in Paradise
I visited him he asked to print my book of the mawlid’s proof in Malaysia etc. He told me when I met him he has a visitor from UAE giving him $2000000
And he lives for the secret of the mawlid etc
The amazing stories, I proposed to the Sultan of Selangor in his absence – was in UK – to start Imam Shafie institute. In the day of big meeting to decide the above mawlid-man came by the door with few of his board directors to attend the meeting which I did not invite them and he said “we do not need Imam shafie institute here”
On the contrary the late Mufti of Kuala
Lumpur loved it and admired me saying I am a gift from Allah to
Malaysia to come and set this Imam shafie trust and put in it
all my large scale work I did on Imam Shafie references
re-organization and cross referencing it to make it easy - for the record for me no moneyproposed and
no any gain from Imam shafie trust becuase I belive the
reward of Allah is greater and that Imam shafie deserve in
this land a trust that give away his knowldge.
The state called on their headof Hadith man and gave in writing
that my hadith work is superior than of shamela and what in the
market. I also presented it in the ministery ofIslamic affair
learning center attended by all muftis and the elite professor
of Islamic study, after the meeting they paid ONLY for the
petrol of the car brought me. Even JAKIM's IT director asked us
for Hadith modules for his site and refused to pay the
progammers that he promised, who worked for a long time on it!
Here is the knock out: Late Dr. Uthman Muhammadi – who is inmalaysia TV every day serving Allah and His Prophet for free - he read my work and loved it and read before my teacher Hafiz Abdullah al Gumari and appreciated it. I asked him to be the chairman of Imam Shafie institute and he agreed and he chaired the meeting which I did not allow the spoiler sufi-biz man above to attend. Now comes a surprise
The head of the religious affairs in Selangor – former state secretary, a private construction large scale building investor - decided he does not want Imam shafie institute to happen on his clock and he did not know who is Imam shafie, and asked me who is he?!!! So he called the sufi-biz man to come and spoild the meeting
And instructed the head judge (in his office) to refuse it, but when he was surprised to see Dr. Uthman Muhammady is the chairman he said:
The boss does not want it and asked me to speak few minutes and leave the meeting room! Then said he has to recommend that the state deal only with a company –means papers – of Imam shafie not with anyone just in respect of Dr Muhammadi who happen tobe the judge teacher
There by he screwed it, because if we write them they will put the our letters in the garbage and finish with it.
Dr.Muhammady passed away when sleeping in
Islamic colleague, as chairman of Imam shafie trust which is
also now is dead for sure and we wait to see the Imam shafie by
the pool by the Prophet - صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم- what
will happen to all the opponents. I was wondering why there
are two judges out of three judges go to hell in the nation of
Islam?
Two
notices and a challenge to the head of Islamic affairs in
Selangor
1.
I visited his office once and
he had a guest? So I have to wait, I asked who is person, OOPS
she is private financial adviser ON THE WAKAF TIME MASHAALLAH
I looked in few magazines in office so I see him in board of
all kind of construction companies even some advertise in
Islamic affairs magazine. WOW
2.
YOU
KNOW MY TRICKS BY NOW smile: when I met him first
time and he asked me who is
Imam shafi, I told my student – in
Arabic – tell him sheikh has no money and no place to live –
he showed no feeling though he in control of large Zakah fund!
I rented apartment aready in Selangor and my English barakah
wife Anne recorded in
that flat all the English Koran, and Hadith
Koran in MP3
http://www.muhammad.com/media/index.php?book=Koran&&mqp=1
Hadith in MP3
http://www.muhammad.com/media/index.php?book=Prophet-Muhammad-speaks&&mqp=1
and her translation of Imam Nawai 1950 hadith etc and my barakah
Indonesian wife was translating shifa by Qadi Eyad and many
other work both passed away may Allah accept and join me with them and my
pure sheikh save from satan and dynia
3.
I Challenge THE HEAD OF SELANGOR
ISLAMIC AFFAIR TO PRESENT FULL ACCOUNTS OF ZAKAH FUND IN
ALL HIS TIME IN OFFICE
has to be good for the day of meeting Allah -
Exalted is He - becuase nowadays you get creative
accounting ways and means that even get people to sign
that they received and they never or received more, or
...... you know it!
Islam is
suffering from Islamic figures who are under cover secular
and liberal and thereby destroying Islamic pure
environment we inherited from last generation they also
picked cowered Ulamas who happy to collect money and many
favors to shut-up and not to speak out. Onetime I visited
Al Rajihi bank branch in Malaysia the manager told me he
is the son of one qadi etc I am really sick and tired and
I know more negative stuff like this. Will be called upon when the Prophet
performs his witness on people
I remember that DR.M (Muhammad Mahathier) his staff invited me to address the Islamic unity conference so I asked him which is recorded and everyone heard it
What did you do for the children?
He was honest – as usual – he said: we failed
BISMILLAH IR RAHMAN IR RAHEEM
The three men Who Were Tested
Adapted for children from an authentic Hadith
transmitted by Abu Hurayrah
with a quiz
by (Anne) Khadeijah A. Darwish
Copyright © 1984-2013 Allah.com Muhammad.com Mosque.com. All rights reserved.
Free give away not for sale or resale
BISMILLAH IR RAHMAN IR RAHIM
There were three men from the tribe of Israel whom Allah wanted to test. One was a leper, another bald-headed, and the other was blind so an angel was sent to each of them in turn.
First, the angel went to the leper and asked, "What would you like most?" The leper replied, "I would love to have a beautiful complexion and smooth skin, because people do not like me as I am."
The angel passed his hand over the leper's face and body, and the man became very handsome. So handsome in fact that no one could ever tell he had once been a leper -- his skin had become beautifully smooth.
Next, the angel asked him if there was anything in particular he would like to own. The man replied, "Yes, I would like to own some camels or perhaps some cows."
Then, to his amazement he was given a fine camel that was about to have a calf. Before the angel left, he turned to the camel and said, "May Allah bless the camel for you."
The man was so happy, never before in his life had he looked so handsome and now he owned such a fine camel that was about to have a calf as well!
Next, the angel went to visit the bald-headed man and asked him the same question, "What would you like most?" The man replied, "I would love to have a fine head of hair so that other people don't make fun of me."
So the angel ran his hand over the head of the bald man, and the man had the best head of hair for miles around!
After that the angel asked him if there was anything in particular he would like to own. Without hesitation he replied, "Yes, I would like to own some cows", and so he was given a fine cow that was about to have a calf. Then the angel turned to the cow and said, "May Allah bless this cow for you."
What a day, thought the man as he ran his fingers through his beautiful hair and patted his very fine cow!
Then, the angel went to visit the blind man. As before, the angel asked the man what he would like most, and the man replied, "I would very much appreciate it if I could see once again." So the angel touched his eyes, and the man could see!
The angel asked if there was anything in particular he would like to own. The man replied, "Yes, I would like to own some goats." So he was given a nanny goat that was about to have a kid. The angel turned to the goat and said, "May Allah bless this goat for you."
The man was so happy, not only had he been given a goat, but he could see it!
As time went by all three men became wealthy and had great herds of animals. In fact, their herds had grown so large that one had a valley full of camels, another a valley full of cows and the other a valley full of goats!
Some years later, the angel was sent to visit the man who had been cured of leprosy, but this time the angel appeared to him as a leper and the man did not recognize him.
The angel said to the man, "I am very poor and in need of help. I have spent everything I have on my journey, and now I have nothing left to help me to continue on my way except Allah. I ask you in the Name of Allah, the One who has given you such a fine complexion, smooth skin and wealth to give me a camel so that I may continue on my journey."
Now satan had filled the man's heart with pride and love of his possession so much that he had forgotten the time when he had been a poor leper disliked by everyone. satan whispered to the man and made him forget just how much Allah had blessed him, so he began to make up different excuses to the angel he thought was a leper.
Finally, he told the angel, "I have far too many commitments to take care off." And refused to help him.
Then the angel said to him, "I am sure I have seen you before, weren't you the leper that everyone disliked and whom Allah made rich?"
The man, in his ingratitude, said to the angel, "No, not me, I inherited my property from my family."
The angel looked straight at the man and said, "If you are lying, may Allah return you to how you were before." So, once again, the man became a poor leper.
Next, the angel visited the man who had been bald, but this time he appeared to him as a bald-headed man and said, "I am very poor and in need. I have spent everything I have on my journey and now I have nothing left to help me to continue on my way, except Allah. I ask you in the Name of Allah, the One who has given you such a fine head of hair and wealth, to give me a cow so that I may continue on my journey."
satan had also filled the heart of this man with pride and love of his possessions, and made him forget the time when he had been poor, and how his people had made fun of him. He had forgotten that it was Allah who had blessed him -- none of his wealth belonged to him.
satan whispered to this man as well and advised him to make up different excuses until he too told the angel, "I have too many commitments to take care of", and refused to help him.
So the angel said to him, "I am sure I have seen you before, weren't you the bald-headed man that everyone made fun off and whom Allah made rich?" The man was so ungrateful that he replied, "No, I inherited my property from my family!"
The angel looked at the man and said, "If you are lying, may Allah return you to how you were. And once more, the man became the poor, bald-headed man that everyone made fun of.
Finally, the angel visited the man who had been blind in the disguise of a blind man and asked the same question he had asked the others.
The man was very happy and said, "Yes, indeed I was blind and Allah gave me back my sight. By Allah, I will not refuse you anything at all. Please, take whatever you wish in the Name of Allah, the Lord, the Exalted!"
The angel was pleased to see how grateful the man was to Allah and said, "I do not want anything, keep all that you have. Now, I will tell you something. Allah has tried all three of you. He is pleased with you, but He is angry with your companions."
Then the angel left and the man who had once been blind thanked Allah for His many blessings.
NEW WORDS
LEPER, a leper is a person who has a disease which is called leprosy. When someone has leprosy their skin looks very sore. At the time the angel came to the man there was no cure for leprosy.
BALD, this means someone who has lost their hair.
INHERITED, when someone dies they very often leave something which is then given to family members, this is called an inheritance.
COMPLEXION, is how the skin on your face looks.
TRIED, in this story it means a person who is being tested. Like a person who is brought before a judge.
COMMITMENT, this means something you have to do.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED
FROM THIS STORY?
We have learned that,
1. Allah can do anything He wants.
2. Allah give us things and watches what we do with them.
3. Allah is watching us to see if we are kind
to others.
4. Allah is watching us to see if we are grateful to Him.
QUIZ TIME
1. How many men did the angel visit?
2. What did the first man ask for?
3. What did the second man ask for?
4. What did the third man ask for?
5. Who had a valley full of camels?
6. What did the man who had been a leper
tell the angel when he asked him for help?
7. How many people lied?
8. What did the man who had been blind say to the angel?
9. What did the angel say to the blind man when he told him to take whatever he wanted.
10. What happened to the two other men?
QUIZ TIME ANSWERS
1. Three.
2. Cows or camels.
3. Cows.
4. Goats.
5. The leper.
6. "I have too many commitments ... "
7. Two.
8. "Please, take whatever you wish in the Name of Allah."
9. "I do not want anything, keep all that you have ..."
10. The first became a leper, the second lost his hair and both became poor once more.
SCORE
1 - 3 answers right? You tried hard but I think you could do better. Why not read the story again, or ask someone to read it to you?
4 - 6 answers right? Good!
7 - 9 answers right? Very Good!!
All the answers right? EXCELLENT!!!
We hope you have enjoyed this story, Insh'Allah.
This book is copyrighted 1993 - 2010
by
Khadeijah Stephens
and www.Allah.com
BISMILLAH IR RAHMAN IR RAHEEM
THE
BOY
WHO TALKED
WHEN HE WAS A BABY
Adapted for children from an authentic Hadith of
Prophet Muhammad
praise and peace be upon him
with a quiz
by
Khadeijah Stephens
Mosque of the Internet
www.Allah.com
BISMILLAH IR RAHMAN IR RAHIM
Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, told us that a long time before he was born, there were three babies who spoke when they were still tiny babies. One was Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, another the son of a shepherd and the other the son of a pious lady who was the hairdresser of Pharaoh.
This story is the story of the little baby that belonged to the pious lady.
A very long time ago there was a lady who had given birth to a lovely bouncing baby boy. She loved her baby very much. He was a good baby. As soon as he saw his mother he would chuckle and kick his feet with joy hoping that she would come and pick him up -- which of course she did. He was so cuddly, and as all mothers do, she wanted only the very best for her son.
One day as she was sitting nursing her son in a room that overlooked the street, she heard the sound of horse's hooves outside. Cautiously, she glanced out of the window to see who was riding by.
As she peered out of the window she saw a handsome young man wearing very fine clothes riding the most beautiful horse she had ever seen. Wanting the best for her son, she immediately prayed to Allah saying, "Oh Allah, please let my son be like that young man."
Her tiny baby heard what his mother said, stopped nursing straight away and said, "O Allah, do not let me grow up to be like that man."
Needless to say his mother was astonished. She had never known or even heard of a baby that could talk, let alone be able to reply in such a grown up manner. However, the baby didn't say anything else, he just went on nursing.
Sometime later there was a terrible noise down below in the street. Once again the baby's mother glanced curiously out of the window to see what all the noise was about.
As she looked out of the window she saw a young girl being beaten by several men. The men were shouting as they accused her of doing bad things and for stealing. She tried to tell them she was innocent, but they would not listen to her but kept on beating and beating her.
As they beat her, the young girl exclaimed, "Allah is enough for me, He is an Excellent Guardian." But the men would not listen and kept beating and accusing her.
The baby's mother prayed again saying, "O Allah, please do not let my son be like her." Once again her baby stopped his nursing and said, "O Allah, please let me be like that girl," then continued to nurse just as if nothing had happened!
His mother didn't know quite what to make of all this, what could it mean? She had asked Allah for good things for her son and for him to be protected from being like the girl.
Yet her baby had spoken and asked Allah not to let him be like that fine young man, but asked Allah instead to let him be like the girl who had been beaten for doing bad things and stealing!
Just then her baby looked up at his mother with his beautiful eyes, smiled and said, "Mummy, the man on the fine horse that you wanted me to be like is a cruel person and harms good people, he is a tyrant. As for the young girl, she did not do any of those bad things, neither did she steal. She is a good girl and worships Allah. That is why I asked Allah to be like her."
The tiny baby didn't say another word and continued his nursing until he dropped off to sleep.
His mother was overcome. She knew without doubt that her baby had spoken wisely and realized that not everything is at it appears.
THE END
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
1. We have learned that Allah always knows what is best for us. He knows lots of things that we do not know. So, when we want something, we must ask Him to choose whatever is best for us.
2. We have also learned that although some things look nice and we would really like to have them, they may not be good for us. So, if mummy or daddy say, "No" for something, we must be patient.
3. We have learned that even if someone wears nice clothes and has lots of things, that person may not be nice or as good as he or she appears to be.
It is not necessary to have lots of things to make us a nice, good sort of person. What makes us special is how good we try to be for Allah, and part of being special is how good we are to our parents, brothers and sisters.
QUIZ TIME
1. What did the young man look like?
2. What did the baby's mother ask Allah for when
she saw the young man?
3. What did her baby say?
4. Was his mother surprised when her baby spoke?
5. Name one of the reasons why the men were beating the girl?
6. What did the baby's mother ask Allah for when she saw the girl?
7. What did her baby say?
8. What kind of man did the baby say he was?
9. What kind of girl did the baby say she was?
10. Who did the baby want to be like?
QUIZ TIME ANSWERS
1. He looked very handsome.
2. She asked Allah for her son to be like him.
3. The baby asked Allah not to be like him.
4. Yes.
5. They said she had done bad things and
had stolen something.
6. She asked Allah for her son not to be like the girl.
7. The baby asked Allah to be like her.
8. He was a cruel person, a tyrant.
9. She was good and had not done what the men said she had.
10. The girl.
SCORE
1 - 3 answers right? You tried hard, but I think perhaps you could do better. Why not either read the story again, or ask someone to read it to you.
4 - 6 answers right? Good!
7 - 8 answers right? Very Good!!
All the answers right? EXCELLENT!!!
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