INCIDENTS OF GOD FEARING PERSONS(3)
Incident 3:
It is related from Ibne Babawayh that one day the Holy Prophet Mohammad
(S.A.W.S.) was sitting in the shade of a tree due to intense heat.
Suddenly a man came and removed his clothes and lied down on the earth.
He rubbed
his stomach and forehead on the ground arid said to himself "O my soul
beware! Allah's wrath is more severe than this heat" When the Holy
Prophet looked towards
him, he wore his clothes. The Prophet called him and asked., O Slave of
Allah! I have never seen anyone doing this before, tell me what has
made you do it"? He replied, "O Prophet! Fear of Allah is the sole
reason. I was burring myself with this heat so that my self (nafs)
could understand that Allah's wrath (in hell) is more severe than this
ordinary heat which I cannot bear". The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.S.)
replied, "You have been fearing Allah as is the right to fear Him. And
Allah has been glorifying and praising this deed of your's in the ranks
of His Angels". Then the Prophet turned towards His companions and
said, "`Go to this man so that he may pray for you". When they went to
him, he lifted his hands and prayed, "O Allah! Guide us and escort us
to the Right Path, and make pietyour provision for the journey (of the
hereafter) and make us enter Paradise".
Ref:Manazelul Akherah
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