I read this life teaching piece from the widely read Weekly Trust's Saturday Column of August 6th, 2011 (Ramadan 6th, 1432AH) p.64 by Bala Muhammad. I thought I should share it with others.
The story was extracted from the book "GEMS & JEWELS" compiled by Abdul-Malik Mujahid of Darussalam Publishers, Saudi Arabia.
"A story has been related about a man who once sat with his wife to eat a barbecued chicken. A beggar then knocked on the door, and when the man went to answer it, he scolded the beggar and drove him away. It was the will of Allah that afterwards that same man should become poor and should be bereft of all material possessions. Because of his poverty, he had to divorce his wife. She married another man, and one day she was sitting with him to eat a barbecued chicken when someone knocked on the door. The man said to his wife, give this chicken to the man at the door. When she opened the door, she was shocked to realize that it was her first husband. She gave him the chicken and returned, crying. Her husband asked her what was the matter, and she informed him that the man at the door was her previous husband. She then told him about the story of the beggar that her previous husband had scolded and sent away. Her present husband then said, by Allah, I was that beggar your previous husband scolded and sent away."
May Allah (SWT) continue to guide us all in assisting those in need. Ameen. Ramadan Kareem.
I posted on Sunday, Ramadan 7th, 1432AH (07/08/2011).
THOUGHTS OF A NIGERIAN SOCIAL MEDIA RADIOLOGIST. My hope is to write on my blog as much issues as possible which will positively change and touch on the lives of so many people especially the younger generations.
