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Young Man's Fear of Allah
One day, Malik bin Dinar (rahimaullah) was passing by a place
when he noticed a young man wearing old clothes and crying
by the roadside. His name was Uthbah. Sweat was dripping down
his body even though the temperature was very cold at that
time. Malik bin Dinar became very surprised at this scene
and asked Uthbah, "Oh young man, why are you crying? And why
are you sweating during this cold temperature?"
Uthbah replied, "Once, I committed a sin at this place. Today,
as I was passing by this place, I remembered that sin."
Look how pious were the early Muslims. Today, we are committing
thousands of sins, yet, we are walking around with happiness
and joy as if we have nothing to worry about.
Source: Obtained from the book "Tambihul Ghafileen" by Shaikh
Abul Laith Samarkandi.
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