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The Amazing Story Of A Highway Robber ᴴᴰ ┇ Life Changing Reminder ┇ by Sheikh Moutasem Al Hameedi ┇ TDR Production ┇

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The Amazing Story Of A Highway Robber ᴴᴰ - by Sheikh Moutasem Al Hameedi

There was a highway robber, a thief, very famous at his time. He was in love with one girl and he had the habit of sneaking into her house someway and watching her, observing her for some time. And in nights he would go and attack caravans. Hajj caravans, travelers and he would strip them of their property and their wealth and their belongings. He was notorious to the extent that a lot of the caravans, most of the time would change routes to avoid that area. One night he climbs up the wall of the house of that girl that he loves. And he sneaks into the house, and as he was making his way into the house, someone was praying qiyam al lail. Someone was standing before Allah s.w.t. and praying at night alone, reciting the words of Allah, has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? Hasn’t the time come yet for the believers that their hearts pay heed and feel humility to the words of Allah. Hasn’t that time come yet? And the words shook him and g his heart and he was moved deep inside. It hit a cord, he started thinking about these words and he forgot the main reason why he came to this house. And the only response that was on his tongue, his spontaneous response was (put arabic) – Indeed my lord, the time has come. And that moment he changed.

So he went out of this house roaming aimlessly, contemplating his life, contemplating his past, his behavior, his reputation and his future and his relationship with Allah. He ended up with a group of people who gathered together and they lit a fire and they were travelers, strangers. He asked their permission to join them. He sat with them and they were disputing whether to spend the night there or to carry on their journey and one of them said, ‘we should stay here because there is that famous thief, that famous robber, that’s his area and if we carry on traveling, we might or he might jump on us and you know we will be in trouble.’ So let’s spend the night here. Then we will set off in the morning. And the name they mentioned, the name of that thief was this very person. It made him think to himself, what did I do that people fear me that much. What kind of curse I have become to humans, to humanity that people don’t even feel safe about their lives and about their properties because of me. All of this made him question his life, question his way of life and then he made the decision that I will change because it’s my responsibility. Its not some one else’s responsibility to change me and set me on the right course. It’s my own initiative and if I don’t take it, it might never happen and I will face the consequences on the day of judgment. And that is exactly what he did and he became one of the famous scholars, one of the famous worshippers in the history of Al Islam, and that is Al Fudayl Ibn Ayadh. That’s the story of Al Fudayl Ibn Ayadh, until today the books that talk about our relationship with Allah s.w.t, how to purify ourselves. How to become better Muslims, better believers, have dozens of his beautiful statements full of wisdom. Who was one day a thief, famous one. What does that tell us? What lessons can we take from this story? It’s that it’s our responsibility to change. Life, in general is about change. Life is a game of change.