A world of smiles, love and warmth

[abdulhakeem]

Ahmad Fulan
Al-Islaah Publications
10-Aug-07

ABOUT 10 years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History.

One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.

As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair.

I then realised she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots. As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register.

I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I have ever seen.

All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about.

She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world; a world of smiles, love and warmth.

The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wasallam, taught everybody that good deeds are considered as charitable acts. "Your smile to your brother is a charitable act. Ordering goods is a charitable act. Forbidding evil is a charitable act. Helping a man who has bad eyesight to see things is a charitable act..."

That was 10 years ago. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

http://www.bruneitimes.com.bn/details.php?shape_ID=39525

[Zesty]

SubhanAllah :crying:
It reminds me of a disagreement i had with someone last night. I was reading something which was very humorous except the tone completely changed towards the end where it explicitly insulted not only a person with learning difficulties but also children with Down Syndrome. It really really upset me, but it also angered me. I had to literally bite my tongue from flying off in a rage! :embar: something that is quite rare for me as it is. What amazed me was how responses to this piece of work that i read centred around its humour and yet hardly anyone thought to comment on the inappropriteness of the "joke." I can take a joke like anyone else, but i am not amused in the least when the joke is a mockery of people in less fortunate positions than us. SubhanAllah people need to appreciate what Allah has blessed them with and help others too inshaAllah.

Thanks for the post! :)

[abdulhakeem]

UNITY: A Lesson from Disabled People (http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42847)

[Zesty]

UNITY: A Lesson from Disabled People (http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42847)

:crying: Jazakallah Khair for sharing that! Very touching. Maybe i should send it to those who think its funny to laugh at people with disabilities.

[abdulhakeem]

:crying: Jazakallah Khair for sharing that! Very touching. Maybe i should send it to those who think its funny to laugh at people with disabilities.
Should We Really Laugh?

Hasan al-Basri (rahimaullah) was an eminent scholar and pious individual of his time. He would rarely laugh due to his remembrance of death and the punishment of hell. One day he was going somewhere when he saw a young man indugled in laughter. Hasan al-Basri asked the youth, "Young man, have you already crossed the bridge of Sirath? Have you already found out whether you are going to paradise or hell?" The young man replied, "No." Hasan al-Basri told him, "Then why are you laughing so much?" After that, no one saw this young man laughing again as he came to know the reality of this life.

Source: Story extracted from the book "Tambihul Ghafileen" by Shaikh Abul Laith Samarkandi.

Many hours or probably days have passed away from our lives in laughter and jokes. It is a sign that we have forgotten the life of the hereafter. The sahabah used to do good deeds all day but still cry during the night to Allah. On the other hand, we do sins all day and still have no concerns! It is permissible to laugh at amazing things and smile while being in company of others.

http://www.islamcan.com/cgi-bin/increaseiman/htmlfiles/static/108053141564417.shtml

[Redmist]

Ahmad Fulan
Al-Islaah Publications
10-Aug-07

ABOUT 10 years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my University's Museum of Natural History.

One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.

As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair.

I then realised she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots. As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register.

I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink. As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I have ever seen.

All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about.

She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world; a world of smiles, love and warmth.

The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wasallam, taught everybody that good deeds are considered as charitable acts. "Your smile to your brother is a charitable act. Ordering goods is a charitable act. Forbidding evil is a charitable act. Helping a man who has bad eyesight to see things is a charitable act..."

That was 10 years ago. I'm a successful business person now and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

http://www.bruneitimes.com.bn/details.php?shape_ID=39525


Wow........MashAllah what a brave little girl.

[PiElle2]

Amazing story....

...Ordering goods is a charitable act? Can some one explain this to me pls...?

[hammerofthehuns]

i think its a typo, ordering good it should be.

[PiElle2]

i think its a typo, ordering good it should be.

You mean as in commanding / doing good? Ok... that makes sense. Tx! :)