The Young Boy Who Made The Thieves Repent! Inspirational Stories!

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Noor Islamic Education
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by Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli

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[0:00]there is a story of a man by the name of typhoon

[0:03]ebeneza in the third Century after Hijra this trifor was living in

[0:13]Horizon in Mission and he was 12 years of age but he

[0:19]was very sharp his mother his father had died unfortunately so he

[0:22]was a team but he was learning he was very much educated

[0:25]they told him in order to gain more knowledge you need to

[0:30]travel to Baghdad and so his mother said fine although I want

[0:34]him to be with me I will send him to Baghdad so

[0:37]she came to Bid Farewell to him gave him 40 Dinars at

[0:42]that time was very much a lot and when she was bidding

[0:44]farewell for him to walk to go with the Caravan that was

[0:49]going towards Baghdad she said to him my dear son I'm bidding

[0:50]farewell to you but I want you to listen to me for

[0:54]one advice I'm just going to give you one thing please stick

[0:56]to it and give me a promise he said what is it

[1:01]my dear Mother whatever you say she said always remain truthful and

[1:04]never lie in your life that's it I promise you I will

[1:10]do this on this journey they're going from today mashad yes towards

[1:16]Iraq they get attacked by a number of teams as who is

[1:20]very frequent at that time very common sometimes that it happens when

[1:23]there is group of Bandits came they took people's belongings they took

[1:27]whatever they had so one of them came to this young boy

[1:31]and said to him where is do you have any money so

[1:35]he said I have to remember what my mother said I can't

[1:40]lie said yes I do I said really what should I have

[1:45]49ers in my himian himian is what it's the belt that sometimes

[1:48]people used to wear to hold the bottom garments yeah the trousers

[1:54]like a belt today but it used to have pouches now today

[1:56]in Hamra and had to anyway Haram the men yes we were

[2:00]similar yes to carry the money he said it's here so this

[2:02]uh Thief laughed and said who who tells me where the money

[2:08]is go that's okay they were gathering those people they were searching

[2:12]them so the head of the bandits they said did you search

[2:15]everyone they said yes did you ask everyone he said yes did

[2:18]you get this this is the money one of them said you

[2:20]know I asked this young boy and he told me he has

[2:23]you know Dinars but I laughed at him who says he said

[2:27]bring him so he bought him he said to him you are

[2:29]lying he said no I my mother taught me never to lie

[2:32]what do you mean she said to me that is the key

[2:36]to success and I'm telling you I have this money he said

[2:39]really show it to me so he takes it out he said

[2:42]which is more important in your life truthfulness or the 40 Dinars

[2:46]it's a truthfulness cannot be compared to money I have testified that

[2:50]I will always be truthful so this head of the thief said

[2:53]you sound wise you sound like you have wisdom tell me a

[2:58]little bit more so he began to explain to him what truthfulness

[3:01]is what is it you know in the Quran Allah tells us

[3:08]foreign people will be desperate for something you know sometimes you and

[3:25]I save money for a rainy day you know that expression just

[3:27]keep it in case one day we really really need it yes

[3:31]Allah says will be able to take it out and say ah

[3:41]this is the day it will help us yes this is the

[3:46]day that is going to really benefit us now when he explained

[3:54]all this this man his heart becomes softer he started to reflect

[3:57]he said you are fearful of Allah for Sid and 40 Dinars

[4:04]we are doing all these sins and we're not even favor of

[4:06]Allah we should be more fearful than you yes you are fearful

[4:11]of lying we are committing all this robbery and Allah guided him

[4:16]he said okay I am now going to do Toba he looked

[4:20]at his companions all the thieves he said listen I am going

[4:23]to leave this profession I want you to return all the money

[4:25]to the people yes and do not take anything from them they

[4:29]all came and said what we will follow you if you are

[4:31]doing Toba we do Toba and what the money was given he

[4:36]was given this money and allowed to return and people went safely

[4:39]to Baghdad this one changed a number of people this one truthfulness

[4:47]guided so many people in the world that we live in today

[4:54]lying has become normalized people think that it's okay to lie to

[4:59]a non-muslim it's okay to lie to the children it's okay to

[5:02]have white lies you know they justify sometimes in the sense that

[5:06]they believe they are white lies okay do deceive it's okay to

[5:10]fabricate it's okay to cheat they are bombarded with the normalization of

[5:14]deception and Fabrication and Distortion and lying yes whereas we are told

[5:21]that all the eleventh holy Imam says all the Sinners if they

[5:25]are placed in one house the key to it is lying that's

[5:31]how devastating this particular situation is and it's of the utmost importance

[5:36]that we are very careful in our lives to have a monitor

[5:42]on ourselves even if it's difficult even if it's painful even it

[5:44]puts us in awkward position not to be of Those who commit

[5:51]this particular Vice

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