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♥ Qari Muhammad Qayyam (may the mercy of Allah be upon him) related that a great deal of fighting and bloodshed had started prior to the Indo-Pakistan partition of 1947.

He said that a very beautiful daughter of a very rich man in a certain community stepped out of her house to visit her aunt, who lived no more than a few streets away. Suddenly a riot erupted as she had gone halfway and she found herself trapped with apparently nowhere to go.


She saw a Masjid nearby and quickly went inside, sitting in the women’s section. The rioting continued late into the night and this girl did not know what to do.


The custodian of the Masjid was a very young student there and late at night when he walked through the Masjid before locking up he noticed this beautiful young lady. He was a respectful young man who feared Allah and so politely asked her to leave, saying that if she was found there then both would be dishonored and thrown out.


She pleaded with him because of the extreme danger outside and so he agreed that she could spend the night, and sat down to study at the opposite end of the masjid.


The girl was unable to sleep with the events of the day in her mind and so watched the young man sitting studying by candle light at the opposite end of the masjid. She kept watching him and was very surprised at something she saw.


From time to time this young man would extend his hand and keep it over the open flame, only withdrawing it when the flame obviously became unbearable. He then would resume his studies and continued this throughout the night until the dawn broke.


The young man called the Adhan and asked the girl to leave before the congregation started coming to pray since now everything was calm outside. She agreed on the condition that he tell her why he was placing his hand on the candle flame throughout the night.

The young man said that that was his own business and so the girl refused to leave until he told her what she wanted to know.


The young man gave in and said, “I am at the age of youth and strong desire. We were alone and my desire was increasing, and although I was studying the Devil (Shaitan) would occasionally put temptation in my heart.

Hence whenever I would feel any temptation I would put my hand on the flame and my fingers would burn. I would say to myself that this flame is nothing compared to the fire of Hell.”


The girl left the Masjid and reached home, calming her parents’ fears as to what had happened to her. She also confided in her mother that she wanted to marry the custodian of the Masjid near their house.


She related the night’s events to her parents and said that only such a man with true fear of Allah in his heart can be true to his wife. Only such a man who truly fears Allah can fulfill a wife’s rights properly.

Hence the poor custodian of the Masjid earned the daughter of a rich household in marriage. He received this honor not because of his looks but because of his character.


Everything disintegrates and turns to dust but character remains strong. Honor is not bestowed because of handsome clothes or beautiful jewelry but because of what is in the heart. Knowledge is only beneficial when it is captured within the heart, and not merely written in books.

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Fiko International....

You have taken refuge in NL again !

Really miss you and those your lovely YAMS....

This is what I call "Winning a girl's heart with a burning flame". This story is quite insightful, lessons learnt:

1. Doing the right thing isn't always easy.

2. That you seek to do the right things does not make you free from temptations.

3. The challenge of being righteous can be met by gaining the right knowledge and sincerely seeking to act on that knowledge whilst confronting temptations to the best of your ability.

4. Whilst you cannot be totally sure of the rewards for doing the right things in this life, you can be sure that some rewards will definitely come your way from places you never expected.

Sodaqta. The story is really one of my all-time favorites.

I don't believe this story. So, help me out!

First, hurting yourself in this way cannot be called Islamic. or let me say, you will have to prove it as allowed in Islam. In fact deliberately hurting yourself is haram - d reason smoking is disallowed and suicide totally hell-leading.

Some attribute suffering to piety and this kind of just goes in line with that.I don't agree with it either.

Finally, I would appreciate that you provide d source to this story...

deols: I don't believe this story. So, help me out!

First, hurting yourself in this way cannot be called Islamic. or let me say, you will have to prove it as allowed in Islam. In fact deliberately hurting yourself is haram - d reason smoking is disallowed and suicide totally hell-leading.

Some attribute suffering to piety and this kind of just goes in line with that.I don't agree with it either.

Finally, I would appreciate that you provide d source to this story...

@bolded, The principle of the "lesser evil" would apply. Between feeling the heat of the candle and "approaching" the girl, which would you consider to be more harmful to him in terms of his Islam?

By the way, I speak from experience when I say feeling the heat of a candle is not as painful or harmful as you seek to portray it. It is not in the same league as smoking at all.

I'd appreciate that d Op answers me.

The lesser evil comes in to play when you are BOUND to choose between two evils. He wasn't.

deols: I'd appreciate that d Op answers me.

The lesser evil comes in to play when you are BOUND to choose between two evils. He wasn't.

Are we ever bound? I say the guy was bound by your definition anyway.

I apologize for the non-response, wasn't intentional. And thank you Oga Mac for holding fort.
Let me point out here that he didn't place his hand ON the candle light to be burnt, he placed it 'over' to feel the heat radiating from it. This reminded him of the sort of torment he would undergo in hell, if he gave in to Shaytan's whisperings and didn't have the chance to repent before he died.
Remember the Prophet (PBUH) forbade the seclusion of a non-Mahram male and female together in same place cos of Shaytan's influence and the obvious resultant evil. The boy in question only reluctantly let her stay with the risk of committing a sin that could lead him to hell (which is surely more hurtful than the 'flame', not fire) cos the only other option was to leave her to kick the bucket.
Also, he withdrew his hand when he was starting to get 'hurt'; there's no such chance for taking a break in hell. Allaahu a'alam.
Sorry that I forgot to post the link, I read the story on a site long ago and can't remember the site.