We were best friends. Too close and too good a pair ever could be. We use to hang out in each others home a lot. As it happened one day we did. One of us was at the others place. We had fun. We talked. We talked of lots of great things. Ideas, Islamic cause, the Dheen, our dreams so on and so forth. It was so late when we fell asleep at night. Probably a two or three hours before the Fajr adhaan. I felt afraid would I not wake up for Fajr. But I never miss it usually, no matter how late I sleep. Sometimes my mother would wake me. Anyway on this day, I closed my eyes and when I opened them, it was way late for Fajr. Almost seven in the morning. I started to shiver and found my so called closest soul sound as sleep peacefully. With desperation I woke up my friend. Told the time for Fajr is gone get up and pray anyway, because am going to do too. The friend, very coolly said. I already prayed. I asked with a broken heart why never woke me up? The calm reply was I tried but you didnt. I didnt wait for explanation I just went on to make up the prayer and sincerely pleaded that my Lord would forgive me and accept the prayer of this unworthy servant. I reflected, how could my friend be so normal about me missing a prayer!!!??? I recalled other occasions where I would wake the friend from deep sleep, even at the cost of pinching. If it was necessary I would have even resorted to sprinkling water. I am not that a deep sleeper. But maybe that day I was too tired. The fact and the fault of missing to pray on time, solely falls on me. I accept. But the heart break that seeped through was the thought why didnt my friend care for my Aakhira?. I should have learnt it that day. Though it hung back in my mind, the fact the one who doesnt care for your Aakhira doesnt actually care for you, I never took it serious in this instance. But tell you what, I seriously resented it later. After much time and after going through very painful experiences I thought I should have learnt it way before what that friendship was all about. I regretted so deep and it proved how at false I was in taking that friendship so much to heart though there were many good from it, the damage was great. My Lord saved me from the worse. But HE taught me a severe lesson. So next time you pick a friend always be wise of the fact to whom to give belongs what place in your life. (Unknown)
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:01:27 +0000
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