11 Nov 2021 By Know Muslim
Hazrat Thanawi رحمة الله عليه has related in his printed sermons the story of a very rich man. Once he was going to take food with his wife. The food was nicely cooked and he sat at the dining-cloth with a great desire and fondness. In the meantime a beggar called at the door. He felt offended at the arrival of the beggar and turned him away with a stern scolding and contempt. Sometimes a man's action attracts Allah's wrath. After sometime enmity developed between the couple which ultimately led to divorce. The divorced wife passed the period of her 'Iddah' (the prescribed period of waiting) with her parents and after its expiry married another rich man. One day she was taking food with her new husband when a beggar knocked at the door. The wife told the husband that a sad event had happened with her in the past, so she must give something to the beggar to ward off Allah's wrath. The husband agreed to the proposal. When she went out she saw to her great surprise that the beggar was her first divorced husband. Thereafter she related to her present husband the old story in detail.
This second husband told his wife that he had to relate a still more surprising story. He told his wife that the beggar who had called at the door of the wife's first husband was he (the second husband) himself.
Take warning, 0, men! see how Almighty Allah transferred the wealth of the first husband to the second one and the latter's poverty to the former.
May Almighty Allah by His mercy protect us all from bad times, Aameen!
The Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم has sought refuge with Allah from such ups and downs:
Anyway, try to avoid scolding a beggar, as far as possible. Sometimes occasions do arise when it becomes necessary to scold a beggar. the Fuqaha (Jurists) have allowed to scold beggars on rare occasions. It is, however, much better to get rid of a beggar by giving him something.
This Hadith has a second meaning. Do not make the quantity of food you eat fixed and unalterable. In times of need you should be prepared to reduce the quantity you eat. That is why the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم has stated that one, two and four men's food becomes sufficient for two, four and eight men respectively.
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