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Dec 24, 2012
There was a highway robber, a thief very famous at his time. He was in love with one girl, and he had the habbit of sneaking to her house someway, and watching her observing her for some time. And in night he would go and attack caravans, Hajj caravans (travelers) and he would strip them off their property and their wealth and their belongings. He was notorious, to the extend that allot of the caravans most of the time would change route to avoid that area. One night he climbs up the wall of the house of that girl that he loves, and he sneaks into the house, as he was making his way into the house someone was praying Qiyaam Al- Layl. Someone was standing before Allah (swt) and praying at night alone reciting the words of Allah (swt). “Alam ya’ninil ladzina amanu an takhsya’a qulubuhum li dzikrillah” (QS Al Hadid: 16) Hasn’t the time come yet for the believers that their hearts pay heed and feel humility to the words of Allah?
Hasn’t that time come yet? And the words Shook him! And grabbed his heart and he was moved deep inside, it hit a cord. He started thinking about these words and he forgot the main reason why he came to this house. And the only response that was on his tongue his spontaneous response was “In deed my Lord, the time has come” and that moment he changed so he went out of this house, roaming aimlessly. Contemplating his life, contemplating his past, his behaviour, his reputation and his future and his relationship with Allah.
He ended up with a group of people who gathered together and they lit a fire, and they were travelers, strangers. He asked their permission to join them, he sat with them. And they were disputing wether to spend the night there, or to carry on their journey. And one of them said we should stay here because theres that famouse thief that famous robber. Thats his are and if we carry on traveling he might jump on us and you know we will be in trouble. So lets spend the night here then we will st off in the morning. And the name they mentioned the name of that thief was this very person. It made him think to himself what did I do that people fear me that much. What kind of curse i have become to humans, to humanity that people dont even feel safe about their lives and about their property because of me.
All of this made him question his life question his way of life. Then he made the decision that I will change because its my responsibility. Its not someone elses responsibility to change me and set me on the right course, its my own initiative and if I dont take it. It might never happen and I will face the consequences on the Day of Judgement. And thats exactly what he did and he became one of the famous scholars. One of the famous worshippers in the history of Al-Islam and thats Al-Fudayl Ibn Iyad. Thats the story of Al-Fudayl Ibn Iyad until today the book that talk about our relationship with Allah (swt). How to purify ourselves? How to become better Muslims? Better believer have dozens of his beautiful statements full of wisdom. Who was one day a thief, famous one.
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