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After reading some comments of some sisters in the forum, I have decided to tell the story of 2 girls, which I have read not in the guardian or daily telegraph newspapaers but in the Quran! As mentioned in the Quran, the story says:
"Then, when he turned his face towards (the land of) Madyan, he said: "I do hope that my Lord will show me the smooth and straight Path."[22]And when he arrived at the watering (place) in Madyan, he found there a group of men watering (their flocks), and besides them he found two women who were keeping back (their flocks). He said: "What is the matter with you?" They said: "We cannot water (our flocks) until the shepherds take back (their flocks): And our father is a very old man."[23]So he watered (their flocks) for them; then he turned back to the shade, and said:"O my Lord! truly am I in (desperate) need of any good that Thou dost send me!"[24]Afterwards one of the (damsels) came (back) to him, walking bashfully. She said: "My father invites thee that he may reward thee for having watered (our flocks) for us." So when he came to him and narrated the story, he said: "Fear thou not: (well) hast thou escaped from unjust people."[25]Said one of the (damsels): "O my (dear) father! engage him on wages: truly the best of men for thee to employ is the (man) who is strong and trusty".... [26]He said: "I intend to wed one of these my daughters to thee, on condition that thou serve me for eight years; but if thou complete ten years, it will be (grace) from thee. But I intend not to place thee under a difficulty: thou wilt find me, indeed, if Allah wills, one of the righteous."[27]He said: "Be that (the agreement) between me and thee: whichever of the two terms I fulfil, let there be no ill-will to me. Be Allah a witness to what we say." [28]
Ref: Quran [22,23,24,25,26,27,28 : 28]
The personalities in the story are:
1- Mosa (A.S).
2- Shoaib (A.S) there is by the way other opinions too.
3- The 2 girls, the daughters of Shoaib (A.S).
One important thing that should be noted here is that Mosa (A.S) was himself escaping from Phearoh and when he reached Madyan he found those 2 girls, who they don't know him, and the story started as you've just read.
Now, let's be honest with ourselves and admit that if Mosa (A.S) was to go and ask (as a normal man) a sister from the type I talked about at the beginning of this thread, I have no doubt in my mind that she would give him a harsh look or just ignore him or accuse him of trying to chat her up!
Also let's admit that some sisters would not answer his salam let alone his offer to help!
However, this was not the case with the 2 daughters of Shoaib (A.S)! The Quran tells us that the daughters of Shoaib (A.S) have replied to the stranger, Mosa (A.S) and have accepted his help! Also, one of them came back to Mosa (A.S) after telling her father and asked him to come to her father's house!
So, sisters let's read our Quran carefully and let's keep our cultural stuff aside!
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