An Inspiring Story of Kindness: Two boys walked down a road that led through a field. The younger of the two noticed a mantoiling in the fields of his farm, hisgood clothes stacked neatly off to the side. The boy looked at his older friend and said, “Let’s hide his shoes so when he comes fromthe field, he won’t be able to find them. His expression will be priceless!” The boy laughed. The older of the two boys thoughtfor a moment and said, “The man looks poor. See his clothes? Let’s do this instead: Let’s hide a silver dollar in each shoe and then we’ll hide in these bushes and see howhe reacts to that, instead.” The younger companion agreed to the plan and they placed a silver dollar in each shoe and hid behind the bushes. It wasn’t long before the farmer came in from the field, tired and worn. He reached down and pulled on a shoe, immediately feeling the money under his foot. With the coin now between his fingers, he looked around to see who could have put it in his shoe. But no one was there. He held the dollar in his hand and stared at it in disbelief. Confused, he slid his other foot into his other shoe andfelt the second coin. This time, theman was overwhelmed when he removed the second silver dollar from his shoe. Thinking he was alone, he dropped to his knees and offered a verbal prayer that the boys could easily hear from their hidingplace. They heard the poor farmercry tears of relief and gratitude. He spoke of his sick wife and his boys in need of food. He expressed gratitude for this unexpected bounty from unknown hands. After a time, the boys came out from their hiding place and slowlystarted their long walk home. They felt good inside, warm, changed somehow knowing the good they had done to a poor farmer in dire straits. A smile creptacross their souls. REMEMBER: “Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no faith.”(Muslim) “Whoever is kind, Allah will be kind to him; therefore be kind to man on the earth. He who is in heaven will show mercy on you.” (Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi)
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 03:48:55 +0000
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