The Miser
Submitted by Mohammed Gilani on
A miserly old man used to go daily to the Masjid for Salah.
But when he used to leave for the Esha Salah, he used to put
out the lantern in the house in order to save the paraffin.
One night he hurriedly left for Esha forgetting to put out the
lantern, He remembered when he was halfway to the Masjid
already. He was quite disappointed about the loss that he was
to incur that day because of the extra paraffin that would get
used, and the extra wick that would get used, So he turned
back and came home. He knocked on the door and told his
wife: Do not open the door, I just came to remind you to put out
the lantern.”
She replied: “Do not worry, I am in your marriage
for many years now, I am trained already and I realized that
you forgot about it so I put it out when you left. But you tell me,
that the extra walking that you had to do to come and tell me
to put the lantern out, the sole of your shoe wore out extra
today, what about that?”
He said: “No, my sole did not wear
out because at the point where I had to turn back, I removed my shoes and put them under my arm. I will only put my shoes
on when I reach that point again.”
Then she asked: “Why did
you tell me not to open the door?” He said: “I did not want the
hinge to get used extra unnecessarily.”
This was an example of a miser, who we may laugh at, but more
miserly than him is the one who hears the name of NABI (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam)
but does not recite Durood upon him.
There is a famous proverb in Urdu, which is “Makhi Chus”,
which means a “Fly- sucker.” This proverb came about when
a person was having some soup. A fly came and fell into the
dish. Somehow the fly managed to get out of the soup and
started flying again, but the person caught the fly.
He began
sucking the flying and saying: “You can fly away but you will
not be allowed to go with my soup.”
How miserly is not such a person?
But by the oath of Allah
(Ta'ala), more miserly than him is the person, who does
not recite Durood Shareef, when the name of Nabi (alayhis salaam) is mentioned in his presence.
البخيل من ذكرت عنده فلم يصل علي
Nabi (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said “A miser is he who, when my name is mentioned in
his presence, does not send salutations upon me.”
(Tirmizi Shareef)