There was
a Worshipper in Bani Israel. He considered Remembrance of Allaah as a real
life. He used to be in the company of Worshippers only. He used to worship in a
small hut on the top of the hill outside the village. One day he had such a
need that he had to go to the village. While returning to his hut it was already
dark. He was tired so he sat down on one of the crossroads in the village.
As soon
as he felt better and energetic, he started heading towards the hut. On the
way, he was a woman who was approaching him. Worshipper had evil whispers in
his mind and he fixed his gaze on the woman. Lust overpowered is intellect. But
he said to himself that she is not a woman but Shaitaan is dragging me towards
its evil and making me neglectful to my Worship. Thinking this, Worshipper
turned away from the woman and walked towards his hut. He completely closed the
hut with stones and began to worship while standing. He repented a lot and
started crying. He was so hungry that he was unable to stand. So he sat down
and continued worshipping. After a few hours, he didn’t even have the strength
to worship while sitting. So he lied down and continued worshipping.
Days and
nights passed but he did not give up worshiping. In the same situation he kept
saying to himself silently “O Worshipper because your body had strength of food
you were drawn towards the woman; if you did not have strength in you, you
would not have cast your gaze on the woman”. Worshipper passed away in the same
condition uttering these words. When the villagers came to know about the death
of Worshipper, they rushed to his hut. They gave him ritual bath and buried him
near his hut. 70,000 angels of came in his burial and performed Du’a for his
salvation.
Ka’batul Ahbaar says, “Sometime it happens that Sins themselves become Blessings for the Sinner”. Just like when we learn to walk cautiously after we trample over an object; a sinner repents to such an extent after committing a sin; and he feels so guilty that he never commits that sin again.
Quranic Verse
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Except those who repent from after that and reform[ed]
themselves Then indeed Allah (is) Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful (3:89)
Moral – Sons of Aadam – Human Beings do commit sins in their lives. But true Repentance is not merely seeking forgiveness but to take an oath of not committing a sin again in the future. Intelligent person is the one who learns from the mistakes and wrongdoings and never commits again. So take our mistakes, wrongdoings, sins and shortcomings as a lesson of Life. If we are pure at our Heart, Allaah Ta’aala will Forgive us.
Translated from the Gujarati Version of Kitaab Ahaadees e Bani Israel