I AM ‘THE MONEY’
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One day of the many days, there was a man travelling with
his Wife and Kids. On the way they met a person standing
on the roadside. He asked: "Who are you?"
The man said: "I am 'the Money'."
So
the man asked his wife and kids: "Should we ask him
to ride with us?"
They
all said together: "Yes, of course! Because 'the Money'
can help us do anything we want and get anything we wished."
So they took 'the Money' to ride with them. The vehicle
continued on its way until they met another person on the
road. The Father asked: "Who are you?"
He said: "I am 'the high position and power'."
So
the father asked his wife and kids: "Should we ask
him to ride with us?"
They all answered in one voice: "Yes, of course! Because
with 'the high position and power' we have the ability to
do anything we want and own anything we wished." So
they took 'the high position and power' with them, and the
vehicle continued to finish its trip.
In
this way, they met with many people who promised pleasures
and desires of life, UNTIL... They met one strange person...
The Father asked: "Who are you?"
He said: "I am 'the Deen' (Islam)."
So
the father, the wife, and the kids; all of them said in
one voice: "No, no, this isn't the time, we desire
the pleasures of life and the Dunyah. ‘The Deen' will prevent
us and then stop us from all pleasurable things and it will
take control of our lives. We will be worn-out from being
loyal to it and its teachings. The Halaal and the Haraam,
and this thing ‘prayer’ and that thing ‘Hijaab’, and the
fasting, and; and; and; and; and; etc, It will be a burden
for us!!!"
"But
certainly, we will return to pick you up after we enjoy
life and everything else in it."
So
sadly, they left him behind and the vehicle continued on
its trip.
All
of a sudden, out of nowhere something appeared in the middle
of the road. It was a check-point with the sign saying STOP!!!
They found a man gesturing for the father to get out of
the vehicle. The man said to the father: "Your trip
has ended. Come with me."
The
father was shocked with fear and did not say a word. The
man said to him: "I am searching for ‘the DEEN’. Is
he with you?"
The father answered: "No, I left him not too far back.
If you could allow me to go back, I will get him for you."
The
man said: "You do not have the ability to go back now.
Your trip has ended and there is no returning... going back
is impossible."
"But
I have ‘The Money’; ‘the high position and power’; My Wife;
My Kids; and; and; and; and; and; and; so on."
The
man said to him: "Neither will they benefit you now
nor will they protect you when you come in front of Allah.
Not even one bit! You have left all of them behind. The
only one that will help you now is 'The Deen' you know,
the one who YOU left behind on the road."
The
father asked: "And who are you exactly?"
He replied: "I AM 'the DEATH' - The one who you were
heedless of - and the one who you did not think of on your
trip!!!"
The
father turned around and looked at his vehicle and found
his wife taking control and continuing the trip along with
all of the passengers besides him. And none of them had
stayed behind with him. He was left all alone.