Several years ago an Imaam moved to London. He often took the bus from his home to the downtown area. Some weeks after he arrived, he had occasion to ride the same bus. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally given him twenty pence too much change. As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, you better give the twenty pence back. It would be wrong to keep it. Then he thought, oh forget it, it’s only twenty pence. Who would worry about this little amount? Anyway, the bus company already gets too much fare; they will never miss it. Accept it as a gift from Almighty Allah and keep quite.
When his stop came, the Imaam paused momentarily at the door, then he handed the twenty pence back to the driver and said " Here, you gave me too much change." The driver with a smile replied " Aren’t you the new Imaam in this area? have been thinking lately about going to worship at your mosque. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much change." When the Imaam stepped off the bus, his knees became weak and soft. He had to grab the nearest light pole and held for support, and looked up to the heavens and cried “Oh Allah, I almost sold Islam for twenty pence!” Remember, we may never see the impact our actions have on people. Sometimes we are the only knowledge of Quran someone will read, or the only Islam a non-Muslim will see. What we need to provide, InshaAllah is an example for others to see. Be careful and be honest everyday, because you never know who is watching your actions and judging you as a Muslim.
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Be careful and be honest everyday, because you never know who is watching your actions and judging you as a Muslim.
it shud suffice a muslim to know that Allah is watching....
once u stop realizing that and be honest because u feel someone else (besides Allah) is watching, then ur honesty is not really honesty, but rather what Islam calls riya....
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Well, the moral of the story is that sometimes we know that Allah (swt) is watching, but we falsely convince ourselves that Allah would forgive such a minor sin, but we fail to realize the fact that the sin which we considered minor might have a great impact on someone else, who considered us a representative of islam, at that specific moment.
JazakAllah khair niksik sister for always encouraging with kind words.
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^ thats another problem, we think it is small, but Allah might not necessarily agree with our thinking....
Quran 24:15
*.... and ye thought it to be a light matter, while it was most serious in the sight of Allah. *
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^ Beautiful sharing, I was trying to recall where it was mentioned in the Quran. JazakAllah khair brother.
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it shud suffice a muslim to know that Allah is watching....
once u stop realizing that and be honest because u feel someone else (besides Allah) is watching, then ur honesty is not really honesty, but rather what Islam calls riya....
well said....
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it shud suffice a muslim to know that Allah is watching....
once u stop realizing that and be honest because u feel someone else (besides Allah) is watching, then ur honesty is not really honesty, but rather what Islam calls riya....
Agree. And well what if a person has a bad habit of not checking his change?