GOING FOR FAJAR SALAH

• | GOING FOR FAJAR SALAH
| • A man woke up early in
the morning in order to
perform the Fajr Prayer. He
got dressed, made his
ablution and was on his way
to the Masjid. On his way to
the Masjid, the man fell down
and his
clothes got dirty. He got up,
brushed himself off, and
headed home. He changed his
clothes, made his ablution
once again
on his way to the Masjid. On
his way he fell again and
at the same spot! He, again,
got up, brushed himself off
and headed
home.Once again, he changed
his clothes, made his
ablution and was on his way
to the Masjid. On his way to
the Masjid, he met a man
holding a
lamp.He asked the man of his
identity and the man
replied 'I saw you fall twice on
your way to the Masjid,
so I brought a lamp so I can
light your way.' The first man
thanked him profusely and
the two
where on their way to the
Masjid. Once at the Masjid,
the first man asked the man
with
the lamp to come in and pray
Fajr with him. The
second man refused. The first
man asked him a couple more
times and,
again, the answer was the
same.The first man asked
him why he did not wish to
come in and pray. The man
replied: "I am Shaitaan"(devil/
evil). The man
was shocked at this reply.
Shaitan went on to explain: 'I
saw you on your way to
the Masjid and it was I who
made you fall. When you
went home, cleaned yourself
and went back on your
way to the Masjid, Allah
forgave all of your sins. I
made you fall a second time,
and even that did not
encourage you to stay home,
but rather, you went
back on your way to the
Masjid. Because of that, Allah
forgave all the sins of the
people of your household.I
was afraid if I made you
fall one more time, then Allah
will forgive the sins of
the people of your village, so I
made sure that you
reached the Masjid safely..' So
do not let Shaitan benefit
from his actions.
Do not put off a good that
you intended to do as you
never know how much
reward your might receive
from
the hardships you encounter
while trying to achieve
that good.