An incident once
took place when a student of Knowledge was taking a walk with his teachers in
one of the gardens of their Madrassah. During this walk, the student decided to
address a problem he was facing and seek its remedy from his teacher. He began
to tell his teacher, ‘I have a spiritual ailment; I am habitual of talking ill
of others and mentioning matters about them behind their backs.’
The teacher carried
on walking for a moment and then asked him, ‘do you have a mobile phone?’ The
student answered affirmatively and took out his phone to show his teacher. The
phone was one of the latest models on the market and he had just purchased it recently.
Upon seeing the
phone and the student’s attachment to it, he asked the student to throw the
phone in a nearby mud patch and trample upon it. Whilst astonished by the
teacher’s request, the student questioned, ‘how can I throw this phone on the
floor? It has cost me a lot of money and is worth a lot to me.’
The student
realised how he had never understood nor appreciated the true value of a Muslim
brother; and from that day onwards he never failed to compare the respect of
his brothers to all those items which were the most valuable to him.
Jazakallah to
Maulana Zain for his help in putting together this story.
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