Islamic Exemplary Stories

Who's the Ugliest? & If Halal, definitely Back.

WHO IS THE WORST?

There is a story of a santri who studied with a Kyai. For many years he passed until he came to a final test. He faced Kyai for the test. “Hai Fulan, you have passed all the stages of study and only one exam, if you can answer it means you passed “, Kyai said. “Good sir Kyai, what is the question ?” “You are looking for a person or a creature that is uglier than you, you I give three days “. Eventually the santri left the cottage to carry out his duties and sought answers to his Kyai questions.

The first day, the santri met the heavy drunkard Polan who can be said almost every day drunk. Santri said inwardly, ” Here is a person uglier than me. I have been worshipping for decades while he was drunk and kept “. But when he was at home, his thoughts arose. “Not necessarily, now Polan drunk who knows at the end of his life Alloh gave Hidayah (hint) and he Khusnul Khotimah and I now both a lot of worship but at the end of life in the will of Suul Khotimah,how ? He's not necessarily worse than me.

The second day, santri way out of the house and met with a dog that is disgusting apparently, already his fur is tangled, scabies etc. Santri muttered, ” Meet now that is uglier than me. This dog is already haram eaten, scabies, ugly again ” . Santri was happy to have received the answer to his teacher's question. Time will sleep after ‘Isya, he pondered, “Dog it if it dies, out of her things. He is not held responsible for his actions by Allah, while I will be held accountable for the very heavy that if I sin a lot I will go to hell. “I'm no better than that dog.

The third day finally santri facing Kyai. Kyai asked, “Have the answer my student ?” “Already guru”, santri replied. ” Turns out the ugliest person is me guru”. Sang Kyai smiled, “You I declare pass”.

The lesson that we can take is: As long as we are still equally alive we can not be arrogant/feel better than other people/mahkluk. The right to be arrogant is Alloh SWT. Because we don't know how the end of our lives will be. Thus we will learn to be prejudiced to other people/creators who are equally created by God.

IF IT'S HALAL, IT'LL COME BACK.

“If halal, later return...”.

Those words always ring in this heart. The words of my mother when I lost something that meant so much to me. At the moment, on Sunday afternoon, I have done “something stupid” without me knowing. I lost my wallet along with its contents: no small amount of money (because I got a bonus from the office), 2 ATM cards, 1 KTM card, KTP, STNK, Jamsostek card, etc, and other membership cards. How can it be lost? Without bad intentions, my brother wanted to borrow my motorcycle and my STNK in the wallet. If my SNTK is borrowed, I often forget to ask for it back, even though my brothers, one lives in West Jakarta and another is being assigned and lives in Makassar. For some reason, my sister brought my STNK as well as a wallet and the contents are complete.

I thought then, “what am I lacking in alms?” until all this scolds God for me? At home, I tally-count “hak” others that I have put out this month. Apparently, there's no problem at all. Means, my hope is only one: “If halal, definitely back...”.

Before, I had experienced similar things: my precious possession was lost. At SD, I have not had the savings to buy anything, my “Stedler” eraser which is “mahal”, is missing at school. I came home crying. My mother calmed me down, saying “if halal, definitely back.. ” Two days later, the eraser was back I found (although it seems like it was used up).

During college, I worked “part time” and from my work, I bought a new HP for Rp1,500,000,00. Either, when in the amcot in front of Depok Mall, there are three HP thieves will take my HP, I istighfar, while praying “Ya, Allah, I buy it with halal money. ” Later, the thief got caught and my HP came back.

When my friend gave me a cat handkerchief from Japan as a gift, it fell on campus and I looked for it three days without meeting, I sincerely said: if the item is halal, it must come back. The next day, the campus Office Boy, approached me to let me know that he had found her. It is hard to understand on such a large campus. Alhamdulillahot.

Similar things also happen for others, even for “orang” you know (meaning??). God is great, according to his promise. Allahuakbar, thank you infinity, O Lord.

It has been four hours since losing that wallet, this heart keeps crying while “wait” word. I read Al-Waqi’ah and Yaasin so that the brain and heart are calm. The longer there is no news, this heart is resigned, sincere. Missing is okay. If I had to lose everything, I would work again and start over. To me, God has it. If taken for a “hikmah”, I am sincere because there is no bad intention. I started thinking about taking care of all the papers the next day. The lips kept smiling and thinking about what had happened.

At 9 pm, Mom slightly shouted calling me who was tired and was about to “sook” my mind. Apparently, there were two men who found my wallet. They returned it complete with the contents. Thank God, Yes, Rabb. One more promise has been fulfilled. I gave pocket money to the two men, not much only Rp50,000, 00. May Allah reward them more than me.

One more thing I learned from my mother's words: “if halal, definitely back...”.Forgive Your servant, Yes, Lord, for making many mistakes without realizing it. Amens.