Story - - Remember, there is always someone else who is in more problem than you.

The Patient Old Man
When passing through a mountain pass, a bedouin (villager) once came
across an old man who was blind and who seemed to be afflicted with
various ailments all over his body. It was clear that he was wasting
away. He was even paralyzed and was constantly forced to remainin a
seated position. The Bedouin could clearly hear him say, "All praise
is for Allah, Who has kept me safe from ailments with which He has
tested many among His creation; and Hehas indeed preferred me over
many among those that He created."
"My brother!" exclaimed the bedouin. "What have you been saved from?
By Allah, I think that you have been afflicted with every single kind
of ailment!"
"Go away from me," said the old man, as he raised his head. "Do I not
still have a tongue with which Ican pronounce His Oneness,and with
which I can remember Him every single moment? And do I not still have
a heart with which I can know Him?"
These words of the old man were enough for the bedouin to repent to
Allah for his sins and ask Him for forgiveness.
Remember, there is always someone else who is in more problem than you.

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HADEES & ADVISE:->-

"... He knows what goes into the earth and what emerges from it, what
descends from the heaven and what ascends therein; and He is with you
wherever you are..." [al-Hadid: 4]
One of the beauties of tawhid is knowing about the ma'iyah of Allah -
that He is with you wherever you may be, He is fully aware of you,
your circumstances, your inner and outer reality etc. For some, this
increases them in their love of Allah and closeness to Him, and for
others it increases their fear. But either way, it strengthens our
faith, so letus always remember the ma'iyah of Allah 'azza wa jall.

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HADEES:->-

Hadeeth Qudsi 15:
On the authority of Abu Harayrah(may Allah be pleased with him), who
said that the Prophet (PBUH)said: Allah the Almighty said:
I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him when he makes
mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself, I make mention of
him to Myself; and if he makes mention of Me inan assembly, I make
mention of him in an assemble better than it.And if he draws near to
Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's length. And if he
comes to Me walking, I go to himat speed.
(1) Another possible rendering ofthe Arabic is: "I am as My servant
expects Me to be". The meaning is that forgiveness and acceptance of
repentance by the Almighty is subject to His servant truly believing
that He is forgivingand merciful. However, not to accompany such
belief with rightaction would be to mock the Almighty.
It was related by al-Buhkari (also by Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah).
Hadeeth Qudsi 16:
On the authority of son of Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them
both), from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), among the sayings he
related from his Lord (glorified and exalted be He) is that He said:
Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad ones. Then
Heexplained it [by saying that] he who has intended a good deed and
has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good
deed, but if he has intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down
with Himself as from ten good deeds to seven hundred times, or many
times over. But if he has intended a bad deed and has not done it,
Allah writes it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has
intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed.
It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Hadeeth Qudsi 17:
On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with
him) from the Prophet (PBUH) is that among the sayingshe relates from
his Lord (may He be glorified) is that He said:
O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself and have made it
forbidden amongst you, so do not oppress one another. O My servants,
all of you are astray except for those I have guided, so seek guidance
of Me and I shall guide you, O My servants, all of you are hungry
except for those I have fed, so seek food of Me and I shall feed you.
O My servants, all of you are naked except for those I have clothed,
so seek clothing of Me and I shall clothe you. O My servants, you sin
by night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seekforgiveness of Me
and I shall forgive you. O My servants, you will not attain harming Me
so as to harm Me, and will not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit
Me. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the
human of you and the jinn of youto be as pious as the most pious heart
of any one man of you, thatwould not increase My kingdom in anything.
O My servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the human of
you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the most wicked heart of
any one man of you, that would not decrease My kingdom in anything. O
My servants, were thefirst of you and the last of you, the human of
you and the jinn ofyou to rise up in one place and make a request of
Me, and were Ito give everyone what he requested, that would not
decrease what I have, any more that a needle decreases the sea ifput
into it. O My servants, it is butyour deeds that I reckon up for you
and then recompense you for, so let him finds good praise Allah and
let him who finds otherthat blame no one but himself.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah).

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