Islamic Stories - , 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 set off 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 theday 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, andas I stood
in the dressingroom 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 of compassion 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 moment
in the dressing room and to the vision of my mother's hands trying to
tie that bow. Those loving hands 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 someday my hands, and my heart, will have earned
such a beauty of their own.

Islamic Stories - , Kindness surely pays back

One day, a poor boy whowas selling goods from door to door to pay his
way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was
hungry.
He decided he would askfor 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 brought
him alarge glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and thenasked, "How much
do I owe you?"
"You don't owe me anything," she replied."Mother has taught us never
to accept pay for akindness." He said....."Then I thank you from my
heart."
Year's later that young woman became criticallyill. 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,
thebattle 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, she feared to open it, forshe 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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Dua - ,

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏‎ -
-To soothe ill children:
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Prophet (SAW)'s Prayers
To soothe ill children
أُعِيذُكَ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ
وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْكُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ
To soothe children during illness or at any harm recite:
"I seek refuge in Allah with His total words fromthe evil Satan, from
everypoisonous animal and from the evil eye". (Bukhari)
If any member of ProphetMohammad (SAW.)'s household fell ill, he
usedto recite the the four Qulsand blow on them.
******************************************Dua by an ill person
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Prophet (SAW)'s Prayers
Dua by an ill person
Prophet Mohammad (SAW.) said that if an ill person recites the
following dua forty timesand dies in that illness, he will be rewarded
as a martyr and if he regains his health, all his sins will be
forgiven:
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
"There is none worthy of worship besides You O Allah, You are pure, I
have oppressed my soul".
(Mustadrak)
In another hadith Prophet Mohammad (SAW.) said that if a person
recites the following dua during his illness and dies, then the fire
of Jahannam is forbidden for him.
(Hisnul Hasin from Trimidhi etc)
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
وَحْدَهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَا
إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ لَا إِلَهَ
إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
"There in none worthy ofworship besides Allah, Heis the greatest.
There is none worthy of worship besides Allah, He is all by Himself.
There is none worthy of worship besides Allah. Hehas no partner with
Him. His is the Kingdom and allPraise. He is the one to grant us the
ability to save ourselves from sinning and to do
good".******************************************When death is eminent
-Prophet (SAW)'s Prayers
When death is eminent
Recite:
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى
"O Allah, forgive me and have mercy on me and letme reach the
Companion on high".
(Hisnul Hasin)

MAN AND THE SECRETS OF NEARNESS- Chapter 2 Finding Glorious God's Greatness, Magnificence, and Perfection in Things

Chapter 2
Finding Glorious God's Greatness, Magnificence, and
Perfection in Things
While we struggle to unravel the truth of this secret (perceiving the
Essence of His Being), we lack the words to describe it. How, then,
can it be possible for us to achieve this goal? Namely, to perceive
the Perfection and Glory of His Great and Eternal Being, with all the
deficiencies of comprehension that we must endure.
It is obvious that we can appreciate the station of a Force, only if
at the veryleast, we have an equivalent capacity within ourselves, or
if weknow of its corresponding likeness. Whereas, if we merely ponder
the amount of intelligence and understanding bestowedby Glorious God
from the beginning of the universe up until our age, we shall
experience nothing but perplexity and astonishment.
For example: In order to comprehend, just consider the magnitude of
understanding and intelligence that the Almighty Great Omnipotent
Being has bestowed upon each human being, from the beginning to the
end of the creation of the world.If we were to collect and lump it all
together, it would come to hundreds of billions of tons,
metaphorically speaking. Today's world populationis upwards of four
billion. Suppose that Almighty God has bestowed about an average of
half a kilogram of intelligence and understanding upon each person.
That would make about two billion kilograms, which, when converted to
tons, would come to a rather staggering amount. At the end, we are
plunged into a world of perplexityand astonishment. According to this
standard, if one ponders on what quantity of intelligence and
understanding has been bestowed upon mankind in each century or
generation, from the beginning of the world up to today, it would be
an astonishing and imperceptible issue. One would clearly find out
that, Praise be to God, the Greatness, Perfection,Knowledge and
Understanding of Him Almighty, Whose favors are indiscriminately
abundant, is totally beyond our understanding and perception.
Moreover, if you add the amount of understanding and intelligence of
three other inhabited worlds on our side (i.e., of the Jinn, the
Angels, and the Devils) to that of our world, what would it addup to?
If one considered the five other sides alongwith this side
encompassing eighteen thousand worlds, what could be reached? If one
were to include the animals' instinct as well, what would then be the
outcome, other than perplexity upon perplexity? The case can be
compared to the situation where, for instance, one small ant had the
task, according to its own ability, to do the statistical and
organizing work of the president of a country. Could the ant ever
accomplish such a task? No, never.
Thus man, according to what we have said, is notat all able to
perceive and fathom the Perfection and Force, andeven to estimate the
Plans of His Almighty Being. Therefore, when Khidher was explaining to
Moses while they wereriding on a boat, peace be upon them, the limits
of man's knowledge when compared to Almighty God's, Khidher pointed to
a sparrow. The sparrow perched on the side of the boat, dipped its
beak into the ocean, and then left. Khidher asked Moses: "How much
water did this sparrow take from the ocean by plunging itsbeak into
it?" Moses answered, Compared to the ocean's greatness, consider it
nothing. Khidher replied: Similarly, you can imagine that the total of
all of humanity's knowledge and understanding, from the beginning of
the world until the end, does not amount to a drop from the ocean of
Almighty's Knowledge and Understanding.
Thus the unworthy position of some among the underdeveloped, tempted
by Devils, allows them to show off. Compared to more educated people
or the inhabitants of other globes, however, they are zero plus zero.
Furthermore, there are some people who might possess a limited
knowledge granted to them by the Power of His Glorious Great and
Unique Hand in the science of matter and technology. These
peopleintentionally, unintentionally, and egotistically give
themselves the permission of wishing to reach the Precious World
(Proximity to His Almighty's Presence), without having acquired the
proper means, or reached the proper path. This is illusion, absurdity,
and insanity.
Thus, primarily, we hereby draw your attention to a series of brief
discourses on topicsthat may enlighten as well as explain the
Perfection and Greatness of His Almighty.
Second, we shall try to explain why man does not try to acquire this
fortune, even though he is inclined by nature to acquire it.
Third, we will briefly explain the methods one can use in making that effort.