INCIDENTS OF GOD FEARING PERSONS
Incident - 1:
Shaikh Kulaini narrates on the authority of Imam Ali zainul Aabedeen
(A.S.) that a person along with his wife and children was travelling in
a boat when suddenly it sank.
Everyone else was drowned except the man's wife, who fell on a log and
was pushed away by the waves to the shores of a barren island. On that
island there lived an evil
thief who had left no sin uncommitted. When he saw that woman he asked
her whether she was a human or a Jen ii. She replied that she was very
much a human, and that her boat had wrecked. The man did not say
anything but proceeded towards, and embraced her with the intention of
cohabiting. He fell the woman to be trembling and in a troubled mood.
He asked her the reason for her fright. She pointed towards the sky and
say, "I fear Allah". The evil man said, "Have you ever done this act"?
She replied, "By Allah! I have never committed adultery".
The
evil man said, "When you have never committed an indecent act, why do
you fear ? Secondly it is I who am forcing you for adultery without
your consent. Then too you fear Allah. In fact it is I who should fear
Him more, forall through my life I have sinned". Saying
this the evil man stepped back and returned home without uttering a
word. He thought about the sins he had committed all through his life
and felt ashamed, he left his home on way to repentance. On the way he
met a hermit and they both became friends. The hermit told the man, "It
has become too hot, please pray to Allah to send a cloud to shelter us
from the heat of the blazing sun". The man replied, "All through my
life I have never committed a good act, and
hence I do not have the courage to ask from the Almighty". The hermit
replied, "If this is so, I shall pray and you say Ameen". They did so,
and a cloud appeared and gave shelter on their heads, until they
reached a place where they had to part because their ways were
different. They both bade farewell to one another, the hermit his way
and the man his way. To the astonishment of the hermit, the cloud which
was sheltering them went along with the man. Seeing this, the hermit
went to the man and said, "Verily you are better than me, for your wish
was granted while mine was
refused. Please tell me as to which good act you have committed whose
effect is such"? The man related the whole incident about the woman to
the hermit. The hermit heard it and said, "Your fear of Allah made you
give up that particular sin and repent sincerely upon all past ones,
hence Allah forgave all your sins. Now in future avoidsinning, and always
remain stead fast on the right path and never go astray.
Ref:Manazelul Akherah
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