"Shaitaan's help "
After the fajr prayer Shah Baba was sitting in the masjid with his disciples. He looked around and asked about Abdul Hakeem, who was absent in the fajr prayer.Someone was about to say something but Shah Baba stopped him because he saw Abdul Hakeem coming through the door of masjid. When he came near Shah baba asked him , why he could not come for fajr prayer? Abdul Hakeem replied that his little daughter started vomiting as he was ready to go for fajr prayer , so he had to stay there and take care of her .
Shah baba smiled at him and said " Donot worry, and after half hour pray the qaza fajr , I am pretty sure that Allah swt. will reward you the ajr as if you prayed the fajr in jama'at , because Allah swt sees the hardship you faced in His path and rewards accordingly. Then Shah Baba told them a story ::
He said
"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 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 second man replied
I am Shaitaan(devil)
The first man was shocked at this reply.
Shaitaan 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 your way 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.
The moral of the story is " do not let Shaitaan benefit from his actions."
Shaitaan always prevents us to receive excessive benefit
So
Do not put off a good deed that you intended to do as you never know how much reward
you might receive from the hardships you encounter while trying to achieve that good."
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