Another Story I would like to share In'sha Allah we learn on it.Assalamu alaykum..
Bismillah...
FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH ONLY...
During
the time of Prophet Musa (PBUH), there was a pious man, who used to
pray day and night on the roof of his house. One day some people came
and told him that there was a garden where a tree was being worshiped
by a group of people. On hearing this the pious man picked up an axe
and went to that tree with the intention of cutting and uprooting it
altogether.
Satan (the Devi/shaytan) came to him
in the form of an old man and asked: "What are you aiming to do?" The
pious man explained what was happening and his intention to cut the
tree. Satan(the Devi/shaytan) said: "What have you to do with it? If
God wished the tree to be cut, he would have sent his Prophet (PBUH)to
do it."
The pious man did not listen. The two went on
arguing and quarreling till they came to blows. He managed to knock the
Satan down on the floor and sat on him, aiming at cutting his throat.
The Satan begged him for pardon and release saying, "Let me suggest you
one thing which would help you in this world as well as in the next
world. I shall pay you two dinars everyday. You can pay partly to the
poor and partly spend for your own self. Leave this tree uncut till God
commanded whether it was right or wrong to cut it."
The
pious man was misled by the Satan(the Devi/shaytan). He thought the
suggestion was right and returned home. On the second day, he saw two
dinars under his pillow. He was delighted with the money and spent some
after the poor. But on the following day, he did not see the money
again as expected, so he again took over his axe and came at that tree.
Again Satan (the Devi/shaytan) told him in the form of an old man and
asked him, "What do you want to do?" He said, "I want to cut that
tree." Satan(the Devi/shaytan) told him that he had no power to do it
so it was better he went back home. He did not agree and again they
fought. This time the Satan (the Devi/shaytan)succeeded in overpowering
the pious man and knocked him down on the floor.
The
pious man was surprised at this and asked Satan (the Devi/shaytan) why
it so happened that he could not overpower him this time. The Satan
(the Devi/shaytan) replied: "Whoever does a good deed purely for the
pleasure of God, no one can face him but if he does it with an aim of
worldly gain, then he loses strength and stands to fail."
Why did
the pious man win on the first day and lose on the second in his fight
against the Satan(the Devi/shaytan) ? Because his first intention to
cut the tree, was to please God and nothing else. But the second day,
his good intention had changed and it had become for the sake of money.
So the God given spiritual strength which he had on the first day had
then disappeared and so he lost.
During the time of
Prophet Muhammad(PBUH), his enemies - ten thousand strongmen, once
planned to attack him. The Muslims were then but very few. Having
received the secret news of what was about to happen, the Muslims dug a
very wide ditch around them for their defence so that the enemy may
not attack them all of a sudden.
From the enemy side, a warrior by
name 'Amr Bin Abd-e-wadd(ra)' who was very famous for his strength,
courage and art of fighting, landed in the midst of these Muslims by
jumping over the ditch! The Muslims lacked the courage to face him.
Only the lion of Allah, Imam Ali (ra) came forward to challenge the
intruder!
Both drew their swords and were soon locked in a fierce
duel to death against each other. At last, Allah bestowed victory to
Imam Ali (ra) who threw Amr down on the ground and mounted on his chest
ready to kill the arch-enemy of Islam, but before Imam Ali (ra) could
do this, Amr spat in the face of our Imam.
Everybody
around was certain that as a result of this insult, Amr would meet his
death even faster still. But instead Ali (RA) moved from Amr's chest
and walked away! People around were too surprised to see why he left
loose such a dangerous enemy after overpowering him. Amr attacked again
and after a short while, Ali (RA) again got control over him and this
time he killed the enemy of Islam.
After the battle was
over, people asked Ali (RA) about the reason why he had spared Amr's
life when he first got control over him Ali (RA) replied, "I wanted to
kill him for the sake of Allah only. He spat on me and thus made me
angry. Had I killed him at that moment, it would not have been for the
sake of Allah only. It would have also been for the satisfaction of my
anger. So I let him free. When I controlled my anger, I killed him
purely for the sake of Allah.'
This is how the Ahlul Bait -
people of the household of our Holy Prophet (PBUH). have set examples
of sincere intention. Before any action we take, we must be clear in
our minds that the action is in accordance with the commands of Allah.
That, it is for his sake and pleasure alone.
To keep away
from insincere and impure intentions is indeed difficult but not
impossible. This can be done by constant thinking and true
understanding of the aim of our life. We have to understand what Allah
really wants from us.
May Allah guide us all to the right way Ameen
