How profound is this?! Hatim al-Asam (may Allah have mercy on him was asked how he attained/realized taqwa (God consciousness/piety) and he responded that is was through four things, “I realize that my sustenance will never be hijacked by anybody (so I work to attain it). I realize that a work that is mine must be performed by me, so I do not decrease my efforts in performing it. I realize that my Lord is always watching me, so I do not like Him seeing me committing sins. I realize that death is somewhere waiting for me, so I prepare for it (through good deeds).” One day Hatim (may Allah have mercy on him) wished to perform Hajj, so he asked his family members because the money he had would cover the Hajj expenses, but he would not have money left to sustain his family during his absence. But he wanted to perform Hajj so badly. He consulted his family, and his wife and all children except one daughter said that he should not go. The one who consented was a virtuous girl and she told him: Father! Go to Hajj, and Allah will not forget us and leave us without His Grace. The wife and the children all refused (that their father go to Hajj) except the pious daughter who said: O Father! Go because Allah will not forget us. So a few days after he left, the provisions ran out, and they did not have any money left, and they all turned with anger accusing the young girl who encouraged her father to go to Hajj, and did not care about the expenses. They scolded her. And she went to her room and prayed, she said: O Allah, do not let me down. I depended on You because You are the Provider. I want my father to perform Pilgrimage in your Ancient House (the Ka’aba). And she begged her Lord not to let her down. Later, a coincidence happened. The Amir was in their town in front of this pious man’s house. The Amir was thirsty and he said: Get me water, so his soldiers knocked on the door, and they said: The Amir is asking for a drink of water. So they gave him fresh, cold water. The Amir quenched his thirst by drinking the cold water, and it was an exceptional pleasure that day, He asked: ‘Whose house is this?’ They said: Hatem al-Asam’s house He asked: The pious man? They said: ‘Yes’ He said: “Maybe we should greet him.” They said: ‘He left for Hajj.” He said: “In that case we have to be kind to his family in his absence, and he got out from his pocket gold coins and gave them to the family. He also said to those with him, whoever among you respects me, let him do as I have done. So they all reached for whatever they had and gave it to Hatims family. They received plenty of money to last them their whole lives, and they were so happy with that so they went to relate the story to the daughter whom they found her in her room crying with gratitude to Allah Almighty.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 03:59:31 +0000
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