9/13/2010

VOICE OF GLOBAL UMMAH
September 10, 2010
St. Louis, Missouri, USA



SPECIAL EDITION FOR RAMADAN:

Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful


EDITORIAL:

Dear Brothers and Sisters of the GLOBAL UMMAH:

We wish you a blessed Eid. May your prayers, fasting and charity be accepted. May Allah bless us to continue the spirit of Ramadan beyond the Ramadan.




On this Special Edition of Ramadan, we would like to highlight an article on an Orphan's Eid (islamicvoice.com).

AN ORPHAN'S EID
(islamicvoice.com)

It was the day of celebration and a day of rejoicing. There was an air of festivity in the streets of Medina. All the people, both young and old were dressed in their best clothes, especially for this special day of Ramadhan Eid.

As it was time for early morning Ramadhan Eid prayers everyone made their way to an open piece of land on the outskirts of the city of Medina.

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) arrived and led the prayers. After they had finished they all greeted each other and everyone was walking back home. The children running and playing in excitement, smiling and laughing, without a care in the world.

As Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) walked back home, he suddenly became aware of a little boy sitting by himself on the side of the path.

The little boy was crying and looked very sad.

The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) bent down and patted him on the shoulders and asked "why are you crying?"

"Please leave me alone" sobbed the little boy.

The boy didn't even see who was talking to him.

The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) ran his fingers through the boys hair and very gently and kindly asked him again why he was crying.

This time the boy said, "My father was martyred fighting, and now my mother has married again and my stepfather does not want me to live at home any more.

Today is Ramadhan Eid and everyone is happy. All the children have new clothes and nice things to eat, but I don't have any clothes except what I am wearing. I have no food and I dont even have a place to live"

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said to him, "I know how you feel, I lost both my mother and father when I was a little boy."

The boy was surprised to hear that it was an orphan who was comforting him, and when he looked up to his great surprise it was the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), and he immediately jumped up to his feet out of love and respect.

Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) was the benefactor of mankind. He felt sorrowful on listening to the pitiable tale of the boy.

He patted him affectionately and asked, “Would you like to have me as your father, Aisha (R) as your mother, Ali (R) as your uncle and Hasan (R) and Husain (R) as your brothers?”

The boy was dumb-founded for a moment.

Then he said, “Why not, Oh Rasoolullah?”

After that, Rasoolullah (Pbuh) took the boy to his house. Hazrat Aisha (R) felt happy to see the boy. She gave him a cold water bath, dressed him up in new clothes and fed him to his heart’ content.

The boys happiness knew no bounds. He ran out of the house to join and play with other children. The boys quizzed him, “You were so dirty a short while ago. How come you are so well-dressed and happy now.”

The boy replied! “I was hungry and thirsty. Rasulullah (Pbuh) fed me. I was an orphan, but now, Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) is my father and Hazrat Aisha is my mother. I am no longer an orphan.”

When the boys listened to his detailed account, they gasped and exclaimed with one voice, “Oh lord! Had our parents got killed in the Jihad, we would have also got such humane parents.”

Really, Eid seemed to be much more pleasant to the boy, who had got new parents.

Moral: We should think of others that are less fortunate than ourselves on this beautiful day of Ramadhan Eid.

Not everyone has such a wonderful day.

It is a day of celebration, but take a moment to stop and think of those who are less fortunate than ourselves by following the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

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