Month: July 2019

On a sunny Monday, David wanted to eat ice cream for breakfast. He took out a yummy pistachio green ice cream, but some of it came on his hand. David found a tissue on the kitchen table. It looked new as if no one had touched it. He picked it up and……… out came eggshells! It started raining eggshells on his ice cream! His siblings burst out laughing. David felt so mad. He was angry at his brother for leaving a tissue full of eggshells on the table. He was angry at his siblings for laughing at him instead of helping him. Out of anger, David took the ice cream scoop and mixed the ice cream with the eggshells. He flipped the ice cream box upside down, and threw his bowl in the garbage. His siblings could not contain themselves; they started rolling around in laughter. This made David even angrier. His face turned red and he started crying. He got up and ran to his room.

When he came out a few hours later, his older brother repeated the incident to him. He looked at his silliness and started laughing crazy too. He ended up rolling and crying in laughter each time his older brother imitated him. And… I’m pretty sure he will laugh when he reads this….

*This is a fiction story based on a non-fiction story.

Reward
Faatemah رضي الله عنها was married to Ali رضي الله عنه by the Prophet SAW. They had five children: Hasan, Husain, Abdul-Muhsin, Zainab, and Umm Kulthum رضي الله عنهم. Ali رضي الله عنه was not a wealthy person; he had to work a lot to earn money. The Sahabah رضي الله عنهم gave charity whether they were rich or poor. When Ali رضي الله عنه could not find any work, his family would remain hungry.
One day, Faatemah رضي الله عنها gave Ali رضي الله عنه some thread, saying, “ Sell this in the market, and, from the money you receive, buy some flour so that I can bake some bread.”
Ali رضي الله عنه went to the market and sold the thread for six Dirhams. As he went to buy some flour, he heard someone say, “ Who is there to give something in the Name of Allah?!”
When he heard that, Ali رضي الله عنه gave the beggar all the money he had with him (6 Dirhams).
A while later, a man passed by Ali رضي الله عنه and asked him, “ Do you wish to buy this camel?”
Ali replied, “I have no money with me.”
“No worries,” the man said. “I can sell it to you on credit.”
Without saying another word, the man handed the rope to Ali رضي الله عنه and left.
No time later, a villager came up to Ali رضي الله عنه and asked him, “O Ali! Will you sell me that camel?”
“Certainly,” Ali رضي الله عنه replied, handing the rope to the villager.
The villager took the rope, gave him 300 Dirhams, and left.
Ali رضي الله عنه then looked all around for the seller; he could not find him, so he decided to go home.
When he reached home, he found Rasulullah صلى الله عليه و سلم with Faatemah رضي الله عنه, waiting for him. He was about to relate the incident of the camel when Rasulullah صلى الله عليه و سلم asked, “Do you know who those men were?”
Ali رضي الله عنه answered, “Allah سبحانه و تعالى and His Rasul صلى الله عليه و سلم know best.”
The Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم said, “Those men were angels and the camel was from Jannah. Faatemah will ride on this camel in Jannah. When you gave those six Dirhams to the beggar, Allah loved it so much that He gave you reward in this world and will give you in the next world too.”