06/06/2020
*MY MOM SAYS THE POOR HAVE NO RELATIVES !!!*
An 8 year old was seated at the outside corner of a mosque with his younger sister. He was deeply engrossed in prayers. Making dua'a to Allah SWT.
It caught my curiosity. He was wearing very old clothes with patches here & there, but they were very clean. His cheeks were wet with his tears. The passers-by were looking at him, but nobody bothered to stop, even though the little boy was busy talking to his Rabb.
A stranger went to him, caught his hand & asked him "what are you asking from Allah?"
The little boy looked up & said, "My dad is no more, I'm praying for Jannah for him".
My mother always keeps crying, I am asking Allah to give her patience.
My sister always cries for clothes, I want money for her.
The stranger asked "do you go to school?"
The boy replied, "yes"
"In which grade do you study?"
The boy said, "I don't go there to study, my mother makes boiled chickpeas & I go there to sell that. Many school kids buy from me. That is how we survive. "
Every single word of this little boy was touching my soul.
Don't you have any relatives? Asked the stranger.
*"My mom says the poor have no relatives.*
My mom always speaks the truth. But sometimes when she serves us food & when we ask her to eat with us, she would say she had finished her meal. At that time I can see that she is not speaking the truth."
"If someone takes care of your school fees, will you study?" Asked the stranger.
"Never" was the quick reply. "Educated people hate the poor. None of the literates here have bothered to talk to us & tried to help us. All these people knew my dad, but they don't want to know us."
The little one was now weeping. "Uncle, when A father dies, every single person whom you know becomes a stranger."
I had no reply. My heart was weeping. It was a very bitter reality. Nobody realizes the effect big tragedies can have on innocent minds. It was a very huge loss for the little one.
There are so many of such children who can not get the basic needs of life.
Every day their desires are killed as they struggle to survive in this bad, selfish world.
I humbly request all of you to kindly look around you & try to find such needy children & help them lead a reasonably decent life. Impact positively in their lives, even if it is with a bag of pure water..
People donate to masjid & madrasas. That is very good and rewarding......But before you give to schools or masjid, look around you for such hard working and sincere people who need the donations more than anyone else. Kindly start with those kind of people around you before reaching out to those who are far away.... imagine if we all do that, the world will be a better place for all to live, in Sha Allah.
Please, kindly share this message as much as you could.
You might bring about a positive change in people's lives & the society at large by soBe doing.
May Almighty Allah SWT reward you abundantly.
May the almighty Allah be our guide
