Story of Snow Clad Elder

Written by: Mohammad Ismail Badawi

Babar sahib I don't like saying this but we are also compelled. We will apologize to you. At present the company does not have any order and export and import are also closed. I felt slippery under my feet. Ten years of service ended in one day.

 Outbreaks appear to be exacerbated throughout the world, with people all over the world becoming unemployed There would have been a big sign on the door saying "Recruitment is closed". 

What should I do? I grabbed my head with both my hands and sat down on the sidewalk.

why are you worried? A stranger sat down and asked.

I have been unemployed for two months. I replied without raising my head.

So, what's the point of being upset? That's a very good thing. The stranger said while still eating roasted gram.

What's good That I have become unemployed??? I raised my head in surprise and asked.

No ... I mean, why don't you think about business now? Blessings in business. The stranger said in a soft tone, so I bowed my head again and said: Where can I get money for business? All the accumulated capital was gone in two months.

Ehh, let's just say I've had a little bit of courage and encouragement to do business, so I'll tell you how to do business.

And what if I fail? I asked nervously. 

Why fail? Take this fear out of your heart. The stranger said encouragingly.

But what business do I do?

Start selling baby chips ... Bring fruit from the market and sell it ... If you can sew children's clothes, then bring small pieces of cloth from the market and sell them sewn and if you can get some capital loan, then do a business in which the loss aspect is less ... The stranger advised and after a while he left as he had come.

I had never thought of that before. The words of a stranger made me go to business. I made some gold things for my wife at the time of marriage. I sold them and started a business for small children's clothes. I used to bring the leftovers from the cloth market from the cloth market and sew them at home. I had this skill, the business started in a few months and in the Eid season I earned as much as the factory in two months. I used to earn.

He remembers the stranger's words, he is blessed in business and if the job was not really lost, I would never come to business.

A few weeks later I rented a shop. 

When I opened the shop early in the morning, I used to see this old ice-seller. Yes, let me introduce you to him. In front of my shop was this old ice-seller's shop. Many of the cells would come down and go hungry. Sometimes the heat would be less and the snow would not go hungry.

Even this evening the old ice-seller was sitting sad.

 The market was closed on Saturday and Sunday because of the snow. I went for a walk and asked him: Why are you sad?

He looked at me and said: I am not sad. Praise be to God, there is no snow today and there is no problem.

I asked them why they work so hard.

Rough work He asked in surprise?

Yes, rough work ... this is rough work.

He smiled and said, "You are my life." I was very surprised to hear that.

My life and yours??? I asked in surprise.

Yeah, Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like BT aint for me either.

The man I thought was just an ice-seller summed up his whole life in an instant.

Look at the food! What is the Qur'an saying? The old ice-seller recited this verse of the Qur'an while addressing me.

وَالََْصْرِ اِِنَّ الََْنْسَانَ ّ4ُ

I swear by the times. Surely man is in loss. But those who believe and do good deeds and enjoin on each other the truth and enjoin on each other patience.

 Son! Deficit is not only in trade. The real deficit is to live a purposeless life. See, the Qur'an has clearly stated. 

All human beings are in deficit 

Now the question arises as to who is not in deficit, so the Qur'an has stated this along with it 

Except those who believe

Except those who believe

What happened after believing? He also told 

وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَ تَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ۠ (2)

And they did good deeds and exhorted one another to the truth and exhorted one another to patience.

The commentators say in the commentary of this verse.

Those who believe and do good deeds, and exhort one another to faith and righteousness, and enjoin on one another to be patient in the face of adversity and hardship which befalls them in the way of religion, then by the grace of Allah. They are not in loss but in profit because they have spent all their life in goodness and obedience.

I was listening to him with great interest, such beautiful words from the mouth of a snowman.

I was just thinking when the old ice-seller said: Eat! You must be wondering how an ice cream vendor is talking and I feel like someone has caught me stealing.

No No yes, I was stunned and he smiled and said: Enjoy! It is the responsibility of all of us to preach in all circumstances. Preaching is not only from the meeting and the stage. It is from our hearts and tongues. Try to spread the message of goodness as much as you can. 

You eat! Try to take advantage of your life which is melting like ice ... Look at another place where the Qur'an also told you how to take advantage.

''اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ یَتْلُوْنَ كِتٰبَ اللّٰهِ وَ اَقَامُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَ اَنْفَقُوْا مِمَّا رَزَقْنٰهُمْ سِرًّا وَّ عَلَانِیَةً یَّرْجُوْنَ تِجَارَةً لَّنْ تَبُوْرَۙ(۲۹) لِیُوَفِّیَهُمْ اُجُوْرَهُمْ وَ یَزِیْدَهُمْ مِّنْ فَضْلِهٖؕ-اِنَّهٗ غَفُوْرٌ شَكُوْرٌ''(فاطر:۲۹،۳۰)

Verily, those who recite the Book of Allah and keep up prayer and spend out of what We have provided for them in secret and in public, they are candidates for a trade which will never be ruined. Give and give more out of His bounty. Indeed, He is Forgiving and Appreciative. 

I was listening to him very attentively. I said that you have told me very valuable things.

He said, "Just eat!" Your life is your capital ... The blessings that Allah has given you have been spent in sin ... Disbelief with Allah Almighty, this life has passed in disobedience to Him. Buy it

And I was thinking that I have to live my life in obedience to it, otherwise life is melting like ice and capital is being lost.

Beware dear! Encourage yourself to make the most of your life that is melting like ice so that it can be useful in the Hereafter.