The obstacle in Our Path.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway.
Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would
remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants
and courtiers came by and simply walked around it.

Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear,
but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables.
Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden
and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.

After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse
contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating
that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder
from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us
never understand!

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

Sun’nat-e-Nabwi (SAW) aur jadeed science

Aksar jootay pehnay rehnay ki talqeen:
Sun’nat-e-Nabwi (SAW) aur jadeed science:
(Advice of often wearing shoes- Sunnah and modern science)

Nabi pak (SAW) nay irshaad farmaya, “Aksar jootay pehnay raha karo. Jootay pehan’nay wala bhi aik tarah ka sawaar hota hai.” (Maamoolaat-e-Nabwi (SAW) Aadab-e-zindagi)

Jootay pehnay rehnay say aadmi kaantoon say mehfooz rehta hai, zameen ki na-hamwariyoon aur kachray (yani sheesha aur is qisam ki doosri cheezain) say hifazat rehti hai. Paoon gard-o-ghubaar say bhi mehfooz rehtay hain. Jootay pehan’nay say insaan ba-waqaar nazar aata hai.

Jota aur amraaz: (Shoes and Diseases):

“Mairay paas sugar kay jitnay bhi mareez aatay hain ya aisay mareez jin ko hemophilia hota hai ya aisay mareez jo skin allergy main mubtala hotay hain in tamaam ko mairi sab say pehli hadayat hoti hai kay ghar kay andar aur bahir jootay kay saath raho kiun kay gard-o-ghubaar main bohut tarah kay germs hotay hain, in main say koi bhi germ zakhmoon main chala gaya to zakhm septic ho jaiy ga. Agar nangay paoon chalay to koi kharaash ya keel kanta lag sagta hai jis ka lagna sugar ya hemophilia kay patient kay liyay bohut nuqsan-deh hai. So, jota paoon ki sehat aur salamti kay liyay bohut zaroori hai.” (Human and Health)

“Moujooda daur main jab har taraf chemical ka use aam hai aur fizai aloodgi ki wajah say aik aam zameen bhi chemical say alooda hai, in chemicals kay nuqsanaat say bachnay kay liyay bohut lazim hai kay hum apnay paoon ko in chemicals say bachain aur hamaisha jota istemaal karain ta kay jisam main paoon ki skin kay zariyay chemicals absorb na hoon.” (Earth Chemicals – Mahnama Zindagi)

One of the contemporary writer said, "The godless society's motto is, work and play, while the motto of the god-conscious society is, work and pray!"

Modesty

Modesty

Anas (RA) narrated: Allah's Messenger (saw) said, 'Every Deen has a distinctive quality, and the distinctive quality of Islam is Modesty.'

Abu Hurairah(RA) narrated: The Prophet (saw) said, 'Iman (Faith) has more than sixty branches, and Al Haya (modesty) too is a branch of Iman.'

Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated : Allah's Messenger (saw) said , 'Modesty is from Iman and Iman leads to paradise and indecency is from the (useless) scum/froth and the (useless) scum/froth leads to the fire'

Salim bin Abdullah narrated from his father that once Allah's Messenger (saw) passed by a man of the Ansaar who was admonishing his brother regarding Haya (modesty). Allah's Messenger (saw) said, 'Leave him for modesty is part of Iman.'

Abu Sawaar al- Addavi narrated that he heard Imran bin Husayn (RA) who said :The Prophet (saw) said, 'Modesty does not bring anything but good.'

Imran (RA) narrated one day : The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, 'Modesty is all good.'

Anas (RA) narrated : Allah's Messenger (saw)said, 'There is no indecency in anything except for it makes it defective, and there is no modesty in anything except for it beautifies it.'

Abu Saeed Al Khudri (RA) narrated : The Prophet (saw) was more shy than a virgin in her private room, and if he saw a thing which he disliked, we would recognize it on his face

Abu Masud(RA) narrated: The Prophet (saw) said, 'One of the sayings of the early Prophets which was imparted to the people is, 'If you do not feel shame, then do as you like.'

The Solitary Piece of Coal

Juan always used to attend the Sunday service at his church, but he began to feel that the priest was always saying the same thing, and so he stopped going.
Two months later, one cold winter night, the priest came to visit him.
“He’s probably come to try and persuade me to go back,” Juan thought to himself. He felt that he couldn’t give the real reason for his absence – the priest’s repetitive sermons. He needed to find an excuse and, while he was thinking, he placed two chairs beside the fire and started talking about the weather.
The priest said nothing. After trying in vain for some time to start a conversation, Juan gave up. The two men sat on in silence for nearly half an hour, staring into the fire.
At that point, the priest got up and, with one of the logs that had not yet burned, he pushed one piece of coal away from the flames.
Since there was not enough heat for the coal to continue burning, it began to cool. Juan quickly drew it back into the center of the fire.
‘Good night,’ said the priest, getting up to leave.
‘Good night, and thank you very much,’ replied Juan. ‘However brightly a piece of coal may be burning, it will soon burn out if you remove it from the flames. However intelligent a man may be, he will soon lose his warmth and his flame if he distances himself from his fellow men. I’ll see you at church next Sunday.’

(Taken from 'Like the Flowing River' by Paulo Coelho)