abuahmed
16-05-06, 12:35 PM
The story of Malik Ibn Dinar.
I started my life lost in this world. I used to be an alcoholic, I used to lie to people and insult them. There was not a single sin but that I had committed it. People used to avoid me because of my bad reputation. One day, I was walking down the road and I saw a little child - a girl. She was so beautiful, the desire of being a father and having a family started to move in my heart. I decided to get married. One year later God gave me a daughter, and I called her Fatimah. Once God gave me Fatimah, my heart started to get closer to Him, I stopped so many sins that I used to do and I became a much better person. The more Fatimah grew up, the more my heart softened and grew closer to my creator. One day she was sitting in my lap and I had an alcoholic drink in my hand. With her little hand she pushed the drink away from my mouth, and since then I stopped drinking. She was the light of my life. When Fatimah turned three, she suddenly died! The light went away from my life. The pain was so much, and I didn’t have the patience to bare it all. It turned me to become worse than I was. I escaped my pain by drinking all day and all night. I returned back to all the sins that I used to do. I was seeking happiness and patience in sins. I was trying to forget. Till one night, I was crying so hard, and I decided to get drunk as I never had before. When I got so tired of drinking I passed out, I had a dream after dream until I saw this dream -I saw myself in a vast land, it was full of people and it was so hot, everybody was sweating. A firm voice then came out calling someone’s name and saying "Come to meet your Lord the Almighty". This kept on happening until my name was called!!
Once I was called, I got so scared,everybody around me disappeared. I was standing there shaking of fear until I saw a huge snake coming towards me. I started running so hard to get away till I saw an old weak man. I cried to him and said "help me, help me". He said "I’m an old weak man and I cannot help you, but run this way. Maybe you will be able to escape." I ran to where he pointed, but I found Hell right in front of me. So I ran in a different direction till I met the same man again and I cried "help me, help me" He again said "I’m weak and old, and I cannot help you, but run towards this mountain, maybe you will be able to escape." I ran towards the mountain. Once I got closer I heard kids shouting "Fatimah! Fatimah! Come and save your father!" I then found my little daughter coming down the mountain to me. She took my hand and sat me down, and with her other hand she pushed the huge snake away. I was so tired and and scared, and she sat on my lap the same way she used to do when she was alive. I asked her "what’s going on?" She said, "Father, the old man you saw was your good deeds. You made him so weak that he couldn’t save you. The huge snake was your bad deeds. You made it so strong that it was going to kill you and lead you to Hell. The only reason Allah saved you is me. If Allah didn’t take me from you while I was young and if you didn’t go through all that pain, you would have never been saved from Hell, and that’s the reward of your pain. Repent father, go back to Allah, Isn’t it time for the hearts of the believers to submit to Allah?". I woke up from my dream screaming, "Yes Allah, Yes Allah, it is time, it is time."
And this is the story of Malik Ibn Dinar. He was so famous afterwards for his piety, he used to urge people to haste back and return to their Lord.<!-- / message -->
I started my life lost in this world. I used to be an alcoholic, I used to lie to people and insult them. There was not a single sin but that I had committed it. People used to avoid me because of my bad reputation. One day, I was walking down the road and I saw a little child - a girl. She was so beautiful, the desire of being a father and having a family started to move in my heart. I decided to get married. One year later God gave me a daughter, and I called her Fatimah. Once God gave me Fatimah, my heart started to get closer to Him, I stopped so many sins that I used to do and I became a much better person. The more Fatimah grew up, the more my heart softened and grew closer to my creator. One day she was sitting in my lap and I had an alcoholic drink in my hand. With her little hand she pushed the drink away from my mouth, and since then I stopped drinking. She was the light of my life. When Fatimah turned three, she suddenly died! The light went away from my life. The pain was so much, and I didn’t have the patience to bare it all. It turned me to become worse than I was. I escaped my pain by drinking all day and all night. I returned back to all the sins that I used to do. I was seeking happiness and patience in sins. I was trying to forget. Till one night, I was crying so hard, and I decided to get drunk as I never had before. When I got so tired of drinking I passed out, I had a dream after dream until I saw this dream -I saw myself in a vast land, it was full of people and it was so hot, everybody was sweating. A firm voice then came out calling someone’s name and saying "Come to meet your Lord the Almighty". This kept on happening until my name was called!!
Once I was called, I got so scared,everybody around me disappeared. I was standing there shaking of fear until I saw a huge snake coming towards me. I started running so hard to get away till I saw an old weak man. I cried to him and said "help me, help me". He said "I’m an old weak man and I cannot help you, but run this way. Maybe you will be able to escape." I ran to where he pointed, but I found Hell right in front of me. So I ran in a different direction till I met the same man again and I cried "help me, help me" He again said "I’m weak and old, and I cannot help you, but run towards this mountain, maybe you will be able to escape." I ran towards the mountain. Once I got closer I heard kids shouting "Fatimah! Fatimah! Come and save your father!" I then found my little daughter coming down the mountain to me. She took my hand and sat me down, and with her other hand she pushed the huge snake away. I was so tired and and scared, and she sat on my lap the same way she used to do when she was alive. I asked her "what’s going on?" She said, "Father, the old man you saw was your good deeds. You made him so weak that he couldn’t save you. The huge snake was your bad deeds. You made it so strong that it was going to kill you and lead you to Hell. The only reason Allah saved you is me. If Allah didn’t take me from you while I was young and if you didn’t go through all that pain, you would have never been saved from Hell, and that’s the reward of your pain. Repent father, go back to Allah, Isn’t it time for the hearts of the believers to submit to Allah?". I woke up from my dream screaming, "Yes Allah, Yes Allah, it is time, it is time."
And this is the story of Malik Ibn Dinar. He was so famous afterwards for his piety, he used to urge people to haste back and return to their Lord.<!-- / message -->