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Islam - Children's Corner
Sweets, Sweets,
Sweets
There once was a boy who loved eating sweets. He always asked for sweets from
his father. His father was a poor man. He could not always afford sweets for his
son. But the little boy did not understand this, and demanded sweets all the
time.
The boy's father thought hard about how to stop the child asking for so many
sweets. There was a very holy man living nearby at that time. The boy's father
had an idea. He decided to take the boy to the great man who might be able to
persuade the child to stop asking for sweets all the time.
The boy and his father went along to the great man. The father said to him, "O
great saint, could you ask my son to stop asking for sweets which I cannot
afford?" The great man was in difficulty, because he liked sweets himself. How
could he ask the boy to give up asking for sweets? The holy man told the father
to bring his son back after one month.
During that month, the holy man gave up eating sweets, and when the boy and his
father returned after a month, the holy man said to the boy "My dear child, will
you stop asking for sweets which your father cannot afford to give you?"
From then on, the boy stopped asking for sweets.
The boy's father asked the saint, "Why did you not ask my son to give up asking
for sweets when we came to you a month ago?" The saint replied, "How could I ask
a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself. In the last month I gave up
eating sweets."
A person's example is much more powerful than just his words. When we ask
someone to do something, we must do it ourselves also. We should not ask others
to do what we do not do ourselves.
Always make sure that your words and your actions are the same. |
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The
Holy Quran Quotes
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“Never think of those slain in the way of God to be dead; rather they are alive and are provided in the Presence of their Lord.”
(Al ‘Imran, 3:169)
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