This is such a good lesson for all of us!!
A man woke up early in order to pray the Fajr prayer in the masjid.
He
got dressed, made his aboloution and was on his way to the masjid.
On his way to the masjid, the man fell and his clothes got dirty.
He
got up, brushed himself off, and headed home. At home, he changed
his
clothes, made his aboloution, and was, again, on his way to the
masjid.
On his way to the
masjid, he fell again and at the same spot! He,
again, got up, brushed himself off and headed home... At home he,
once
again, changed his clothes, made his aboloution and was on his way
to the masjid.
On his way to the masjid, he met a man holding a lamp. He asked the
man of his identity and the man replied "I saw you fall twice on
your
way to the masjid, so I brought a lamp so I can light your way."
The
first man thanked him profusively and the two where on their way to
the masjid.
Once at the masjid, the first man asked the man with the lamp to
come
in and pray Fajr with him. The second man refused. The first man
asked
him a couple more times and, again, the
answer was the same. The
first
man asked him why he did not wish to come in and pray.
The man replied "I am Satan."
The man was shocked at this reply. Satan went on to explain, "I saw
you on your way to the masjid and it was I who made you fall. When
you
went home, cleaned yourself and went back on your way to the
masjid,
Allah forgave all of your sins. I made you fall a second
time,
and even that did not encourage you to stay home, but rather, you
went
back on your way to the masjid. Because of that, Allah forgave all
the
sins of the people of your household. I was afraid if i made you
fall
one more time, then
Allah will forgive the sins of the people of
your
village, so i made sure that you reached the masjid safely."
So do not let Satan benefit from his actions.
Do not put off a good that you intended to do as you never know how
much reward you might receive from the hardships you encounter
while
trying to achieve that good.
