My Yearly Visitor* [[--Episode 3-of-5--]]

 *My Yearly Visitor*

[[--Episode 3-of-5--]]
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Islamically, there is encouraged to use someone's good lifestyle to motivate others. So, for Tahajjud business, I mostly use Abdallah as a model. Yes. Abdallah, is the one i usually told you about *"that he is into Tahajjud business for for the past 10years".*

Something happened when he visited me years ago. When he arrived, we went out to attend a program which lasted few hours.. Before we return home, he called my attention that "he is feeling severe headache & fever".. To cut the long story short, I took him to a clinic for medication before taking him back to my house towards evening.. In the middle of the night, he woke up, perform dry ablution, establish 2rakaats nawafil sitting down, folded the prayer mat and laydown on the bed.. Two minutes after, he stood up again and put down the prayer mat again and started reciting suratul baqarah "Offhand" from the beginning to end.. When he finished, i asked him the following question:

*Question:*

Even with ur health condition, Why did u observe Tahajjud & recite the entire verses of suratul baqarah (286 verses)?

*His response No 2:*

Paradise is not for lazy ones & he want license to entering paradise. He gave the following Quran verse as evidence:

أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَعْلَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ جَٰهَدُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَيَعْلَمَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

"Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not yet made evident those of you who strive hard and made evident those who are steadfast?" 📚Aal-e-Imran, Q3:142

He (Abdallah) added,

(1) Besides, the Prophet (pbuh) said: *“O `Abdullah, do not be like so and so! He used to pray at night and then he stopped doing that”*(📚Al-Bukhari and Muslim

(2) And, doing things consistently signifies you are a reliable and trustworthy person. And because, *"Consistency"* reflects commitment and sincerity, or something that only people with sincere hearts can commit their time and effort to doing.

What an excellent reason!

This beautiful reason remind me of hadith where the Prophet (pbuh) was asked about the most beloved good deed to Allāh, to which he replied, *أَدْوَمُهُ وَإِنْ قَلَّ* (meaning that, a deed which is most regular and constant even if it is little in amount)” 📚[Muslim].

From the above,

The Prophet didn't mention the "size" of those deeds to emphasise that Allah (swt) loves good deeds regardless of their size and quantity. And, He (Allah) clearly loves the good deeds that are done continuously. This is because, *Doing good deeds continuously makes you a reliable & Trustworthy person*. After all, raindrops make an ocean and one raindrop creates a ripple effect.

So,

Never belittle a good deed even if it seems insignificant to you. To Allah (swt) it  could be worth more than everything in this world and it could be the very thing that saves a person from Hellfire.

*His reason No 3:*

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