STORY OF A MOSQUE IMAM IN LONDON
An imam in London, every day going home from his house to the mosque by riding a public bus. The bus fare is paid to use the card (cards), or directly to the driver because the bus did not have a conductor. Once paid for, and then find an empty seat.
The imampun pay fare to the driver then receives the return, because that day he did not have exact change ... and then sit in the back seat is empty.
In his seat he counted his change of driver who turned out to be 20 cents. For a moment she began to think .. This money is returned or not yah ..? Ah just 20 cents this ... ah he (the driver) unbelievers ... or I have to enter your charity box at a mosque ...?
After arriving at their destination, he was about to get off the bus to walk through the bus driver. In his heart was still churned up 20 cents cash, between returned. But when I got close to the driver, he also held a spontaneous 20 cents, saying: "Sorry, the change was excess money 20 cents".
Unexpectedly without warning .. thumbs driver saying:
"You did it ..!"
"What do you mean ..?" Ask the Imam of the mosque.
"Are not you the imam there had been" asked the driver.
"Yes" he replied
Then the driver said ...
"Actually, since a few days, I want you to come to the mosque to learn and embrace Islam .. but the desire in my heart to test you as imam of the mosque, what Islam really was as I heard: honest, trustworthy, and so on. I intentionally provide excess returns and you succeed. I would convert to Islam ". The driver said ..
How mosque imam amazement, while forgiveness many times regretted what had she been thinking. She almost lost faith in money only 20 cents.Astaghfirullah ...
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Allah says:"And tegakkanlah scales fairly and do not reduce the balance of it" (Surat ar-Rahman [55]: 9).
Prophet advocated Muslims to always be honest because honesty is the preamble of noble character who will direct the owner to the character, as described by the Prophet Muhammad, ... "Surely honesty leads to goodness."
Honest nature is the address of Islam, scales faith, on religion, and also a sign of perfection for the owner of the trait. For him a high position in the world and the Hereafter. With honesty, a servant would reach the level of people who are noble and survivors of all evils.
Fillah Friend, I hope the above makes the story a lesson for us to always be honest, behaved as a true Muslim wherever and whenever we are. .. Berhiaslah with noble spirit ..