Traffic Stop

Traffic Stop

The tired-looking man in well-worn clothes stood at the intersection wearing a large sign that read, "Have family, will work for food." I had passed him many times as I made my way around town, yet somehow I never got around to offering help to this fellow traveler as I went about my work.

One day as I was going past the same intersection, I saw him once again steadfastly standing there. The traffic had stopped for a red light, and in the lane to my left a woman quickly got out of her car with two full bags of groceries, which she promptly handed to the man. They exchanged a few words before the light changed, and she jumped back in her car and drove away.

The man's face lit up, his weariness lifted by this unknown woman's kindness. Carefully hugging the groceries, he slowly walked away from the crossroad; his radiant smile said it all.

In a fraction of a moment's time, his day had changed -- and hers, and mine, and everyone else who sat in their cars and witnessed the exchange. The traffic still flowed, everything was the same, yet it was so very different.
Author: Anonymous


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The Messenger(sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) of Allah said: " Whoever relieves a believer of distress in this world, Allah will relieve him of some of the distress of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever makes things easy for those who are in difficulty, Allah will make things easy for him in this world and in the next. Whoever conceals (the faults of) a Muslim in this world, Allah will conceal him (his faults) in this world and in the Hereafter. Allah will help the slave so long as the slave helps his brother." [Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh, 1/71, hadith no. 204.]


Abdullah ibn 'Umar(R.A.) reported that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "The Muslim is the brother of his fellow-Muslim; he should not mistreat him or let him down. Whoever meets the needs of his brother, Allah will meet his needs, and whoever relieves a Muslim of some distress, Allah will relieve him of some of the distress of the Day of Resurrection. Whoever conceals (the faults of) a Muslim, Allah will conceal him (his faults) in this world and the next." [Bukhari]



Courtesy: AL-ISLAAH PUBLICATIONS


Comments

  1. Anonymous27 May, 2007 19:04

    if only all the muslims practiced what the prophet said in the above hadith.The world would be a better place.

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