A man woke up early in order to
pray the Fajr prayer in the masjid.He got dressed, made his ablution and was on
his way to the masjid.
On his way to the masjid, the man fell and his clothes
got dirty.He got up, brushed himself off, and headed home. At home, he changed
his clothes, made his ablution, and was, again, on his way to the masjid.
On
his way to the masjid, he fell again and at the same spot! He, again, got up,
brushed himself off and headed home.At home he, once again, changed his
clothes, made his ablution and was on his way to the masjid.
On his way to the
masjid, he met a man holding a lamp. He asked the man of his identity and the
man replied "I saw you fall twice on your way to the masjid, so I brought a
lamp so I can light your way."The first man thanked him profusively and
the two were on their way to the masjid.
Once at the masjid, the first man
asked the man with the lamp to come in and pray Fajr with him. The second man refused.
The first man asked him a couple more times and, again,the answer was the same.
The first man asked him why he did not wish to come in and pray.
The man replied "I
am Satan. "The man was shocked at this reply. Satan went on to explain,"I
saw you on your way to the masjid and it was I who made you fall. When you went
home, cleaned yourself and went back on yourway to the masjid, Allah forgave
all of your sins. I made you fall a second time, and even that did not
encourage you to stay home,but rather, you went back on your way to the masjid.
Because of that, Allah forgave all the sins of the people of your household. I was afraid if i made you fall one
more time, then Allah will forgive the sins of the people of your village, so i
made sure that you reached the masjid safely.
So do not let Satan benefit from
his actions. Do not put off a good that you intended to do as you never know
how much reward you might recieve from
the hardships you encounter while trying to achieve that good. May Allah have mercy upon us. Aminn.
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