The Money Lender and His Purse

Once a village money lender lost his purse. He announced a reward of a hundred rupees to the person who found it and returned it to him. A poor farmer found it. It contained one thousand rupees. The farmer was poor and needy but, at the same time, he was an honest man. He went to the money lender and returned the purse to him.

The money lender opened the purse and counted the money in it. It was one thousand rupees. Then he said to the farmer, “You are a smart fellow. You have taken your reward beforehand.”

The farmer angrily asked, “What do you mean?”

The money lender said, “I mean what I say. The purse contained eleven hundred rupees. But now there are one thousand rupees in it. This means that you have already taken the reward money from the purse.”

The farmer said, “I have not taken any money from the purse. Let us go to the Judge and settle the matter.”

So they went to the Judge. The Judge heard both the parties. He felt sure that the money lender was dishonest.

He asked the money lender, “Are you sure that your purse contained eleven hundred rupees?”

The money lender said, “Yes, Sir.”

The Judge said, “Then this purse is not yours.”

And the Judge gave away the purse to the farmer.

A WRONGDOER HAS TO PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR HIS WRONG ACT.

Allah Never Hurts You

A ship drowned in deep sea and all the passangers were drowwned except one who survived and managed to reach a small, uninhabited islan. He prayed to All Might Allah, day and night, for his rescue. Every day he would scan the horizon waiting for help, but none seemed forthcoming.

Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood and dry grass and bushes to protect him from weather and other natural clamities and to store his few possessions.

Days passed and he lived on with dieing hope to be rescued. But then one day, tired after day long scavenging for food, when he arrived home. He found his little abode in flames. The smoke shaping a whirl was rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened; everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger and cried like hell looking complainingly towards heavens.

"Allah, how could You do this to me!" he cried. Early the next morning, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. He jumped with joy to find the way to the world. The ship had come to rescue him.

"How did you know I was here?" asked the somnolent man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.

Moral  

It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we shouldn't lose heart, because Allah is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.

Comb and Watch Strap

A very poor man lived with his wife. One day, his wife, who had very long hair asked him to buy her a comb for her hair to grow well and to be well-groomed. The man felt very sorry and said "NO".

He explained that he did not even have enough money to fix the strap of his watch he had just broken. She did not insist on her request. The man went to work and passed by a watch shop, sold his damaged watch at a low price and went to buy a comb for his wife.

He came home in the evening with the comb in his hand ready to give to his wife. He was surprised when he saw his wife with a very short hair cut. She had sold her hair and was holding a new watch strap. Tears flowed simultaneously from their eyes, not for the futility of their actions, but for the reciprocity of their love.

MORAL: To love is nothing, to be loved is something but to love and to be loved by the one you love, that is EVERYTHING. Never take love for granted...!!!

Greed is a Curse

A holy man was having a conversation with God one day and said, ' God, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.'

God led the holy man to two doors…

He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked inside.

In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water.

The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles, that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful.

But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering. God said, 'You have seen Hell.'

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, 'I don't understand…'

It is simple,' said God, 'It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves.'

 

If you have helping attitude and care for others you learn to live happily but you are greedy by nature then you will always be in loss.

Every Moment is Special

A friend of mine opened his wife's wardrobe and found many untouched new dresses hanging in there: "These, - he said - aren't any ordinary dresses." Supposedly my wife had saved them for special occasions.

His wife had just died and he was passing his time waiting for sun rise so that he could arrange her funeral. He turned to me and said: "Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion".

His advice touched my heart and changed my life. Now I spend more time with my family, and less at work. I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day. I would dress up in new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it. I don't save my special perfume for special occasions; I use it whenever I want to. The words "Someday..." and "One Day..." are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now.

I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.
She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for her favourite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come. I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would meet, letters... letters that I wanted to write "One of this days". I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brothers and sons, not times enough at least, how much I love them.

Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives. And, on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day. Each day, each hour, each minute, is special.

Love and Time

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all constructed boats and left. Except for Love.

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said,
"Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"

Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.

Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder,

Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who Helped me?"
"It was Time," Knowledge answered.
"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is."

Discourage Raciests

AWESOME REPLY BY AN AIR HOSTESS

This happened on TAM airlines.

A 50-something year old white woman arrived at her seat and saw that the pass...

enger next to her was a black man.

Visibly furious, she called the air hostess.

"What's the problem, ma?" the hostess asked her

"Can't you see?" the lady said - "I was given a seat next to a black man. I can't seat here next to him. You have to change my seat"

- "Please, calm down, ma" - said the hostess
"Unfortunately, all the seats are occupied, but I'm still going to check if we have any."

The hostess left and returned some minutes later.

"Madam, as I told you, there isn't any empty seat in this class- economy class.
But I spoke to the captain and he confirmed that there isn't any empty seats in the economy class. We only have seats in the first class."

And before the woman said anything, the hostess continued

"Look, it is unusual for our company to allow a passenger from the economy class change to the first class.
However, given the circumstances, the commandant thinks that it would be a scandal to make a passenger travel sat next to an unpleasant person."

And turning to the black man, the hostess said:

"Which means, Sir, if you would be so nice to pack your handbag, we have reserved you a seat in the first class..."

And all the passengers nearby, who were shocked to see the scene started applauding, some standing on their feet."