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A story that is hard to imagine today that could happen. To give is bettet than to get

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A story that is hard to imagine today that could happen. To give is bettet than to get

2020. július 22. - 19:56

A young man, a student in one of the universities, was one day taking a walk with a Professor, who was commonly called the student's friend, from his kindness to those who waited on his instructions.

As they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had nearly finished his day's work. The student turned to the professor, saying: "Let us play the man a trick: we will hide his shoes, and conceal ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his perplexity when he cannot find them." "My young friend," answered the professor, "we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by means of this poor man.
Put a coin in each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how this affects him."
The student did so and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes.
While putting on his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, but feeling something hard, he stooped down to feel what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his countenance. He gazed upon the coin, turned it around, and looked at it again and again.
He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and proceeded to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other coin.
His feelings overcame him; he fell upon his knees, looked up to the heavens and uttered aloud a fervent thanksgiving in which he spoke of his wife who was sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom this timely bounty, from some unknown hand, would save from perishing.
The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears. "Now," said the professor, are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?"
The youth replied, "You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget. I feel now the truth of these words, which I never understood before: "It's more blessed to give than to receive."

Abdullah bin Abbas (my Allah be satisfied with him) reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that encouraging good, prohibiting evil, lifting the burden of the weak person and removing an offensive thing from a path are all acceptable prayers to Allah. [ibn Majah

At the end of our lives our value would be measured with what we did for others more than what we did for ourselves. The choice is therefore ours!

The story continues in today's version as follows:

The poor man went home and told his neighbor how lucky he was. Being an envious man, he reported him to the Tax Office and they filed a lawsuit against him for breach of duty as he did not declare his two coins. The proceedings revealed that the poor has even an undeclared income, from which he pays the doctor of his wife and sometimes buys a slice of bread for his children. The Tax Office confiscated the two coins and imposed fines on four further more coins. The poor who gave thanks to God for helping him in trouble became the victim of men who enforced nothing but the force of human law on him. And if anyone protests against this, the following answer comes: but you have elected me!

Make not thy hand tied (like a niggard's) to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to its utmost reach, so that thou become blameworthy and destitute. (Quran 17:29)

The phrase for niggardliness in 5:64. We are not to be so lavish as to make ourselves destitute and incur the just censure of wise men, nor is it becoming to keep back our resources from the just needs of those who have a right to our help. Even strangers have such a right, as we saw in 17:26 above.
But we must keep a just measure between our capacity and other people's needs.

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