fromhis home to the downtown area. Some weeks after he arrived, he had
occasion to ride the same bus.
When he sat down, he discovered that the conductor had
accidentallygiven him twenty pence too much change. As he considered
what to do, he thought to himself, "I better give the twenty pence
back. It would be wrong to keep it."
Then he thought:
"Oh why don't I just forgetit.., it's only twenty pence.
Who would worry about this little amount? Anyway, the bus company
already gets too much fare; they will never miss it. I will just
accept it as a gift from Almighty Allah and keep quiet!"
When his stop came, the Imaam paused momentarily at the door, and then
he handed the twenty pence back to the conductor and said,
"Here, you gave me too much change."
The conductor smiled and said:
"Aren't you the new Imaam in this area? I have been thinking lately
about going to worship at your mosque. I just wanted to see what you
would do if Igave you too much change."
When the Imaam got down the bus, his knees became weak and soft. He
had to grab the nearest light pole. He held for support, and looked up
to the heavens and cried,
"Oh Allah, I almost sold Islam for twenty pence!"
REMEMBER!
We may never see the impact our actions have onpeople!!
Sometimes we are the only knowledge of Quran someone will read..,
or the only Islam a non-Muslim will see!
What we need to provide, Insha Allah is an example for others to see!
Let us be careful, be honest and humble everyday, because we never
know who is watching our actions and judging us as Muslims!! Wemight
be saying something and doing something contrary to what we say...Are
we really showing the world the real characteristics andspectacular
qualities of a true believer?
Let us atleast remember atall times -
Allah is watching us! And He is going to ask us if we delivered His
message or not!
To conclude...let us just picture a hypothetical scene:
""If we got arrested for being Muslims, would the police have enough
evidence to bring us in?!!""
THINK ABOUT IT!!!
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