Petty Pity

Its easy to feel pity towards a physically handicapped person. Our hearts will automatically burst out of sadness to see a blind man or a mentally retarded child on a wheelchair. Sometimes, even if he is completely perfect physically, our hearts just couldnt help to have that sense  of pity towards that person for the fact that he is a cleaner.
It came as a surprise for me to see that even in this  country there are people  who waits at the traffic light to clean the cars  windscreen as a way of gaining some income. Of  course, this heart again,  felt sorry for that person.. Under  the hot summer sun, he was willing to just clean any cars passing by not knowing whether the driver will give him any tip for the effort. Poor man..

Of course, its  not wrong to have this feeling because its only human nature to  feel sorry for these kinds of people. But  the thing is, sometimes our hearts fail to feel sorry for those far more handicapped people, those whom Allah, our Creator has promised that their destination will be the Hell fire... forever! AllahuAkbar!
Clean our hearts ya Allah!

As much as we feel sorry for a physically handicapped man.. make this heart even more sorry for those who are spiritually handicapped. As much as we feel pity towards a materially poor man, let this heart burst out of sadness looking at a rich man not practising deen!
As much as we feel sorry looking at a mentally retarded child, let our hearts scream to see an old man without iman!

How far we are from our Prophet Salallahu'alayhiwasallam and his companions!
In a lecture, it was mentioned that, if a survey was to be done on an average man, beyond religious backgrounds, most probably the  2 things in life that he would be scared of are poverty and sickness. On the other hand, our beloved Prophet Salallahu'alayhiwasallam had once stated that  he'd be worried of the state of his ummah when there will be abundance of wealth.When we fear that we would not be able to leave anything material for our children, or when we find happiness looking at our evergrowing money in the bank or investments, our Prophet and his companions were restless with extra wealth in hand!
When we believe that abundance  of wealth is success, the sahabah  was sure that sacrificing all they have for Allah is true success. Be it their money, their children, or even their own lives, they'd rather sacrifice them all to please Allah. And they did all these with pleasure.. not an  iota of doubt on Allah's promise of a business thats sure to profit! These are the people whom Allah had promised Paradise. Truly, this is true success!

Ya Allah, give us the  right worry!
Let Rasulullah Salallahu'alayhiwasallam's worry and concern be our worry and concern too.

Once, someone felt sorry for my children since there is no TV in our house,thus, this person thought that they are devoid of entertainment, like other kids are having...
Some people felt sorry for the niqabis for having to cover their faces all the time.
some felt sorry for those ladies whose husbands are out working for the religion with their time and wealth..
Ya Allah.. from You we came  and to You we shall return.

If only everyone of us have that  knowledge and strong believe of the rewards awaiting those who suppress their desires for Allah or those who hold  on to even 1 sunnah of the Prophet Salallahu'alayhiwasallam or those who sacrifice their time, wealth and family to go out  in His path.. then everyone would then be even more sorry for those who leave their  kids with TV all the time, everyone would then feel sorry for those half-naked ladies walking on the streets, everyone would then feel sorry for those ladies whose husbands had to leave them for the sake of some petty gains in this world.

Suddenly the hadith on tasbeeh fatimah came across my mind, in which, Ali RadiAllahu'anhu requested from Rasulullah Salallahu'alayhiwasallam a servant for Fatima RadiAllahu'anha. To help her with her domestic works. But, instead of giving one to his most beloved daughter. he gave an even better helper- tasbeeh fatimah. Imagine, our Prophet Salallahu'alayhiwasallam who was being sent as a mercy to mankind, look how he treated  his most beloved daughter. On  the surface it may look unfair for some of us but this is the man whom we had all sworn that he is the  messenger of  Allah. A mercy to all mankind.He is the best of man and no man can ever surpassed him in mercy and good  conducts... ever!

Ya Allah guide us all.Give us the right understanding!
We have all wronged ourselves too much!
Bring us all back ya Allah, before we come back to you..