Lifetime Chance* [[-- Episode 2 --]]

 *Lifetime Chance*

[[-- Episode 2 --]]
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

As Muslims, do not think that only swalah, fasting matter. Yes. For those who read the story of Abu Nasr in our previous episode of the write-up, we have seen that Abu Nasr was a very poor man who gave away his only bread to a hungry child. And he dreamt that it was that one small piece of bread that tipped his scale on the day of judgment. This teaches us that no good deed is ever too small. Never ignore a chance to help, even if it is you think it will push you to discomfort.

My People,

Always strive to be generous, even when you have almost nothing. Abu Nasr was so poor he could not feed his own family, yet when he saw a crying mother and child, he did not turn away. He gave them his only food. This difficult choice to be kind instead of selfish brought him a huge blessings. The lesson here is simple: when you give for the sake of Allah, even when it hurts, Allah never forgets. That one hard choice to be generous can become the very thing that saves you on the Day when nothing else will.

Now,

Let say "Economy is Bad" and one person alone can not afford to pay for digging a well or sinking a borehole for people FISSABILILLAH, at least, 3, 4, 5 or even 10 persons can put resources together to fund a water project for a community in desperate need of water, fissabilillah.

This reminds me,

When the early Muslim’s migrated from Mecca to Medina, there was a severe water shortage. There was only one sweet water well known as ‘The Well of Rauma’, owned by a Jew who charged astronomical prices for water. The Prophet (pbuh) promised paradise to whoever bought the well and dedicated it to the believers. After many negotiations with the owner, Uthman Ibn Affan (R.A) bought the well for a hefty price of 35,000 dirhams and made the water free for all Muslims.

The well continues to pump water till this day, over 1400 years later. Yes. Due to the abundance of water the surrounding area has become fertile and developed into a farm of over 1550 palm trees producing the highest quality dates. The profits produced by the well are still intact till this day in a bank account in Medina in the name of Sayedina Uthman Ibn Affan (R.A).

The Saudi government have decided to build a hotel with this money, expected to yield an annual return of 50 million Saudi Riyals, and are planning to spend half the profits on the poor and depositing the remaining half bank in the account. All of this is possible due to Uthman Ibn Affan’s (R.A) initial Sadaqah Jariyah investment in the well of Rauma. This story is a great example that shows how far an investment in water can go to benefit society far into the future.

My People,

If funding a bigger water project is not pocket-friendly to you, you can buy drinking water, take some of it to drink yourself and gift the rest to people around you (office or shop). Wallahi if we really know about the quantum of benefits in doing this, we will choose to starve ourselves just to making sure that we make doing this a habit in our lives.

To be continued...