A
young man had been to Wednesday Night Class of Quranic Studies. The
Mualim had shared about listening to Allah and obeying Allah through
intuition.The young man couldn't help but wonder, 'Does Allah still
speak to people through intuition?'
After
Lessons, he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they
discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how Allah
had led them in different ways and that at the end you'll know it was
Allah(SWT) Who has directed you.
It
was about ten o'clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting
in his car, he just began to pray, 'Allah...If you still speak to
people, speak to me. I will listen.
I
will do my best to obey.' As he drove down the main street of his town,
he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk. He shook
his head and said out loud, 'Allah is that you?' He didn't get a reply
and started on toward home.
But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk came into his head.
'Okay,
Allah, in case that is you, I will buy the milk.' It didn't seem like
too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped
and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.
As
he passed Seventh Street , he again felt the urge, 'Turn Down that
street.'This is crazy he thought, and drove on past the intersection.
Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street .
At
the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh. Half
jokingly, he said out loud, 'Okay, Allah, I will.'He drove several
blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop. He pulled over to
the curb and looked around. He was in a semi-commercial area of town.
It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either.
The
businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the
people were already in bed. Again, he sensed something, 'Go and give
the milk to the people in the house across the street.' The young man
looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were
either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the door
and then sat back in the car seat. 'Allah, this is insane. Those people
are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will
look stupid.' Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk
Finally,
he opened the door, 'Okay Allah(SWT), if this is you, I will go to the
door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy
person, okay.
I
want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something, but if they
don't answer right away, I am out of here.' He walked across the street
and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside A man's voice yelled
out, 'Who is it? What do you want?' Then the door opened before the
young man could get away.
The
man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just
got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem
too happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep. 'What is it?'
The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, 'Here, I brought this to
you.' The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway. Then from down
the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was
following her holding a baby. The baby was crying. The man had tears
streaming down his face.
The
man began speaking and half crying, 'We were just praying. We had some
big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk
for our baby. I was just praying and asking Allah(SWT) to show me how
to get some milk.' His wife in the kitchen yelled out, 'I ask him to
send an Angel with some. Are you an Angel?' The young man reached into
his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the
man's hand. He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were
streaming down his face. He knew that Allah (SWT) still answers
prayers.
Sunday, September 07, 2008

alhamdooo
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