Boy And The Apple Tree - Love Your Parents

[Muslim18]

Asalamu alaykum

Boy And The Apple Tree - Love Your Parents

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow...he loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by...the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day.

One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad . "Come and play with me" the tree asked the boy. "I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more" the boy replied. "I want toys. I need money to buy them." "Sorry, but I do not have money... but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money." The boy was so excited. He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was deeply saddened.

One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned and the tree was excited "Come and play with me" the tree said. "I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me ? " " Sorry, but I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house." So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then. The tree was again lonely and upset.

One hot summer day, the man returned and the tree was delighted. "Come and play with me!" the tree said. "I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat ?" said the man . "Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy." So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the man returned after many years. " Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you ..." the tree said. "No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite" the man replied. "No more trunk for you to climb on" "I am too old for that now" the man said. "I really cannot give you anything... the only thing left is my dying roots" the tree said with tears. "I do not need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years" the man replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest, Come, come sit down with me and rest." The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...:muslim_child:

This is a story for everyone.
The tree is like our parents
When we were young, we loved to play with our Mum and Dad...
When we grow up, we leave them...only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble.
No matter what,
parents will always be there and
give everything they could
just to make you happy.

You may think the boy is cruel to the tree, but that is how all of us treat our parents. We take them for granted we don't appreciate all they do for us, UNTIL it's too late. May Allah forgive us of our shortcomings and may He Guide us, Insha'allah Ameen:tti_sister:

 

[slaveofAllah88]

thank u for this beautiful story really enjoyd it and nice lesson as well

 

[Riyadhus]

Asalamualaikum,

That's a really good reminder for us. We are always too busy for something else that we tend to forsake our parents whom we should give the most attention to. After all, they are the ones who brought us up with great difficulty.

One story to share with regards to parents:

A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) to "make bay'ah" and to pledge to undertake hijrah and jihad with hope to receive reward from Allah Swt. The Prophet (pbuh) however did not rush to accept his bay'ah and instead asked him,

"Are either of your parents alive?" The man said, "yes, both of them". The Prophet (pbuh) asked, "And do you wish to receive reward fromAllah?" The man replied, "Yes." So the kind-hearted and compassionate Prophet (pbuh) told him, "Go back to your parents and keep them company in the best possible way."

 

[Aaqib Raseem]

great story and thanks