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The Lonely Ember
The Lonely Ember
A Musalli of a certain Masjid, who previously had been attending
salaah in congregation regularly, stopped going.
After a few weeks, the Imaam
decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening.
The Imaam found the man at home
alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for the
Imaam's visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a big chair near the fireplace
and waited.
The Imaam made himself comfortable but said nothing. In the
grave silence, he contemplated the play of the flames around the burning
logs.
After some minutes, the Imaam took the fire tongs, carefully picked up
a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all
alone.
Then he sat back in his chair, still silent. The host watched all this
in
quiet fascination. As the one lone ember's flame diminished, there was
a
momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and
"dead as
a doornail."
Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting.
Just before the Imaam was ready to leave, he picked up the cold, dead
ember
and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to
glow
once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it.
As the
Imaam reached the door to leave, his host said, "May Allah reward you
so
much for your visit and especially for the " fiery" sermon. I shall be
back
for salaah in the Masjid at Fajr."
What beautiful advice and guidance for those who can
understand!!
Sayyidina Abdullah bin Umar(R. A.) reported
that Rasullullah(SAW) has said that Allah created some of his creatures in order
that they may fulfill the needs of people. When people face any difficulty they
get worried and (enquire
about them). Such people are protected from the punishment of Allah.
(Tabaraani, Jama'al Fawa'id)
Jazakallah to Sender
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