Kindness surely paysback

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his
way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he
washungry.
He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost
his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal
he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so
broughthim a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked,
"How much do I owe you?"
"You don't owe me anything," she replied."Mother has taught us never
to accept pay for a kindness." He said....."Then I thank you from my
heart."
Year's later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors
were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called
in a specialist to study her rare disease. After a long struggle, the
battle was won. Finally business office pass the final bill to
specialist for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the
edge and the bill was sent back.
When she got the bill, shefeared to open it, for she was sure it would
take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and
something caught her attention on the side of the bill.
She read these words....."Paid in full with one glass of milk"
(Signed) Dr. Hasan Amin.
Tears of joy flooded her eyes.

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The mother's hand

My mother was visiting, she asked me to go shopping with her because
she needed a new dress. I don't normally like to go shopping and I'm
not a patient person, but we setoff for the mall together. We visited
nearly every store that carried ladies' dresses, and my mother tried
on dress after dress, rejecting them all. As the day wore on, I grew
weary.
Finally, at our last stop, my mother tried on a lovely blue
three-piece dress. The blouse had a bow at the neckline, and as I
stood in the dressing room with her, I watched as she tried, with much
difficulty, to tie the bow. Her hands were so badly crippled from
arthritis that she couldn't do it. Immediately, my impatience gave way
to an overwhelming wave ofcompassion for her. I turned away to try and
hide the tears that welled up involuntarily. Regaining my composure,I
turned back to tie the bow for her.
Our shopping trip was over, but the event was etched indelibly in my
memory. For the rest of the day, my mind kept returning to that
momentin the dressing room and to the vision of my mother's hands
trying to tie that bow. Those lovinghands that had fed me, bathed me,
dressed me, caressed and comforted me, and, most of all, prayed for
me, were now touching me in the most remarkable manner.
Later in the evening, I went to my mother's room, took her hands in
mine, kissed them and, much to her surprise, told her that to me they
were the most beautiful hands in the world.
I can only pray that some day my hands, and my heart, will have earned
such a beauty of their own.

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He is unknown on earth but well known in heaven

Abu Huraira says (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of
Allah (peace and blessingsbe upon him) said: Allah Almighty loves from
among His creatures the purest, the unknown and the innocent ones;
those whose heads are not combed, whose faces are dusty and whose
stomachs are empty; those who are not allowed to enter the courts of
the leaders and the kings; and are rejected if they should askthe hand
of wealthy girls. If they are absent nobody would ask about them and
once they appear no one is pleased to see them; when these people
become sick no one visits them and once they die none attend their
funerals.
The Prophet was then asked: How can we meet one of them O Messenger of
Allah? He said: One such person is Uways Al Qarani. The Companions
asked: And who is Uways Al Qarani? He said: A wide eyed white person,
broad shouldered, with a straight built body. He always has his beard
closeto his bosom, with his eyes fixed on the place of his
prostration, putting his right hand on his left hand, reciting the
Quran and weeping upon himself. He has dirty clothes and no one cares
for him. He is unknown onearth but well known in heaven. If he swears
uponAllah, Allah will surely fulfil his oath. Under his left shoulder
he has a white brilliant spot. On the Day of Judgement it will be said
to the slaves of Allah: Enter Paradise, and Uways will be told: Stop
here to make intercesion. Then Allah will make him intercede in favour
a large number of poeple, equivalent to the tribes of Rabiah and
Muddar. O Umer and you Ali, if you should meet him ask him to seek
forgiveness of Allah for you; for Allah will surely forgive you.

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A Dua'

"[O Allaah] You are our Protector, so forgive us and have mercy upon
us; and You are the best of forgivers. And decree for us in this world
[that which is] good and [also] in the Hereafter; indeed, we have
turned back to You."aamen on behalf of me and u and the ummah/

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