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Assalamu’alaikum.
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The story of two brothers
This is the story that changed my perception. It’s about two siblings, both are brothers. Both are poor and orphans. They live in the remains of the ancestral home of their parents. Their parents are humble servants of Allah. They brought up these two brothers to rely on the Almighty Allah all the time.
The elder brother, prayed every day for Allah to change his fate. He asked Allah for a beautiful and rich wife. He asked Allah to make him wealthy through his wife.
Unlike his elder brother, the little brother is very lowly educated but humble. He can’t even memorize a simple du’a so before his father’s death, he had asked his father to write a du’a on a piece of paper for him to read when making du’a to Allah.
The elder brother eventually married a wealthy woman and became rich. He was even richer when he entered the business field. Soon after he was beginning to forget Allah, delaying solah, rarely read the Quran, but never miss to ask more wealth from Allah. Miraculously, Allah granted what he asked for and this made him to think he is special.
Mean time, the little brother’s life has remained unchanged. He was modest, with weakness like an illiterate man, had a moderate career, continue to maintain his parent’s home. The elder brother knew that his little brother is very diligent in prayer but his lives not changing. So one day, while visiting the elder brother said to the little brother with pride:
“You have to pray harder. Look at me, Allah answers all my prayers. This is because I’m close with Allah and you're not close enough to Allah. You read du’a from that little paper, not making du’a, you can’t even memorize a simple du’a. This is not very great." However the little brother just smiled. He loved to be criticized by his own brother. He took it constructively.
The little brother continued to live moderately, in his family home and continued to read the du’a from the little paper given by his father. But his life has remained unchanged. One day, the little brother fell sick and passed away. After the funeral, the elder brother went to check his brother personal belongings. There he saw the little paper his little brother used to refer to make the du’a. He was curious to know what actually he was reading all this while. Upon reading it, he cried and sobbed heavily. It was written on the little paper “O Allah, please answer all my brother’s du’a”.
He can’t believe it, this was the du’a the little brother used to recite every day in his prayers.
He began to realize that he was wrong to think that he is special. Actually Allah answered not his prayer but his younger brother’s prayer. He began to compare himself and his late little brother. His little brother remained faithful to Allah and he did not ask anything for himself. But he never supplicated anything for his little brother. All he is able to do now is to cry over his mistake.
Let’s us ponder a little, our du’a which accepted and answered by Allah all this while will not necessarily due to our service to Allah. It could be someone else du’a that Allah answered. It could be our parent’s du’a or our siblings. Definitely, it is our beloved Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) du’a that Allah answered our prayers.
Don’t forget to make du’a for your parents, your siblings and your brothers and sisters in Islam. This is the month Allah will answer our prayers, inshallah. So don’t miss the opportunity.
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The above story just a fiction but there is a message hopefully you will carry inshallah.
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The story of two brothers
This is the story that changed my perception. It’s about two siblings, both are brothers. Both are poor and orphans. They live in the remains of the ancestral home of their parents. Their parents are humble servants of Allah. They brought up these two brothers to rely on the Almighty Allah all the time.
The elder brother, prayed every day for Allah to change his fate. He asked Allah for a beautiful and rich wife. He asked Allah to make him wealthy through his wife.
Unlike his elder brother, the little brother is very lowly educated but humble. He can’t even memorize a simple du’a so before his father’s death, he had asked his father to write a du’a on a piece of paper for him to read when making du’a to Allah.
The elder brother eventually married a wealthy woman and became rich. He was even richer when he entered the business field. Soon after he was beginning to forget Allah, delaying solah, rarely read the Quran, but never miss to ask more wealth from Allah. Miraculously, Allah granted what he asked for and this made him to think he is special.
Mean time, the little brother’s life has remained unchanged. He was modest, with weakness like an illiterate man, had a moderate career, continue to maintain his parent’s home. The elder brother knew that his little brother is very diligent in prayer but his lives not changing. So one day, while visiting the elder brother said to the little brother with pride:
“You have to pray harder. Look at me, Allah answers all my prayers. This is because I’m close with Allah and you're not close enough to Allah. You read du’a from that little paper, not making du’a, you can’t even memorize a simple du’a. This is not very great." However the little brother just smiled. He loved to be criticized by his own brother. He took it constructively.
The little brother continued to live moderately, in his family home and continued to read the du’a from the little paper given by his father. But his life has remained unchanged. One day, the little brother fell sick and passed away. After the funeral, the elder brother went to check his brother personal belongings. There he saw the little paper his little brother used to refer to make the du’a. He was curious to know what actually he was reading all this while. Upon reading it, he cried and sobbed heavily. It was written on the little paper “O Allah, please answer all my brother’s du’a”.
He can’t believe it, this was the du’a the little brother used to recite every day in his prayers.
He began to realize that he was wrong to think that he is special. Actually Allah answered not his prayer but his younger brother’s prayer. He began to compare himself and his late little brother. His little brother remained faithful to Allah and he did not ask anything for himself. But he never supplicated anything for his little brother. All he is able to do now is to cry over his mistake.
Let’s us ponder a little, our du’a which accepted and answered by Allah all this while will not necessarily due to our service to Allah. It could be someone else du’a that Allah answered. It could be our parent’s du’a or our siblings. Definitely, it is our beloved Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) du’a that Allah answered our prayers.
Don’t forget to make du’a for your parents, your siblings and your brothers and sisters in Islam. This is the month Allah will answer our prayers, inshallah. So don’t miss the opportunity.
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The above story just a fiction but there is a message hopefully you will carry inshallah.
