Islamic Exemplary Stories
The story of the fryman and the story of the ants.
The Story of the Friedman
Once there was a fried seller who always left the tail of fried cassava unsold. He always gave the rest of the fried food to a boy who often played in his place.
Without feeling, it has been more than 20 years he underwent the business. But there is no meaningful change; the effort remains just 2.
One day, a man came in a fancy car and stopped in front of his frying cart. The man asked, “There are fried cassava tails, sir?”
The friedman then replied, “Neither, Mas.”
“I miss the same cassava tail, sir. When my father died, there was no one to finance my life. My friends mocked me for not being able to buy snacks. But at that time, you always gave me fried cassava tail, every time I played near the wheelbarrow,”, said the young man.
Friedman caught off guard. “Which I give you first is just a cassava tail.. Why do you remember me?”
“Bapak not only gives cassava tail, but also has given me happiness and hope. I may not be able to return the favor. But I want to send you to the Holy Land. May you be happy,” continued the man.
The fried cassava worker could hardly believe it. Just a little kindness/gift but it brings such a great blessing!
The Story of Ants Tawakkal
In the days of Prophet Solomon there was an event, at that time Prophet Solomon saw an ant lying on a rock; then the Prophet Sulaiman was amazed and astonished how the ants could survive on dry rocks in the midst of the arid and barren desert. Prophet Solomon asked the ant: “ O ants how do you get food? Are you sure you can get enough food for you to survive”.
The ant replied: “Rezeki in the hands of ALLAH, I believe the sustenance in the hands of ALLAH, I am sure on the dry rock in a barren desert like this is also surely available sustenance for me”. Then Solomon asked: ” O ants, how much do you eat? What kind of food do you like? And how much food do you eat in a month?”
Answer ants: “I eat just a grain of wheat every month”.
Prophet Sulaiman said: “If you eat only one grain a month it is not difficult for you to lay on a rock, I can even help you”. The Prophet Solomon took a box, he picked up the ant and put it in; then the Prophet took a grain of wheat, put it in a box and then closed it.
Then the Prophet left the ants in a box covered with a grain in it for an ant's food ration for a month. Finally one month later the Prophet Solomon returned to meet and see the state of the ant. Look at the grain that was only eaten half by the ant, then Prophet Sulaiman said in a rising voice: “You are lying to me! Last month you said you ate a grain a month, it's been a month but you only ate half a”.
Reply ants: “I do not lie, I do not lie, if I am on a rock I must eat anything so much as a grain of wheat for a month, it is because the food I seek myself and the sustenance comes from Allah and Allah never forgets me. But if you put me in a closed box, my sustenance depends on you and I don't trust you, which is why I eat half of it to last two months. I'm afraid you forgot..”.
Finally Prophet Sulaiman smiled and understood with the explanation of the ant…
