A BOY WITH STRONG BELIEF

Shaykh Fath al-Mowsily relates, once I saw a young man strolling through the wilderness. It showed up as though he was expressing a few words. I welcomed him with Salaam and he answered likewise. I asked, "Where are you going?" He answered, "To the place of Allah (Makkah)." I additionally asked, "What are you discussing?" "The Qur'an" he answered. I commented, "You are at a youthful age, it's anything but a commitment that you are required to satisfy."

He stated, "I have seen demise approach individuals more youthful than me and thusly might want to plan if passing somehow managed to thump on my entryway." I astoundingly remarked, "Your means are little and your goal far." He reacted, "My obligation is to make the stride and it remains the duty of Allah to take me to my goal." I kept on asking, "Where is your arrangement and movement (methods for transport)." He answered, "My Yaqeen (conviction) is my arrangement andmy feet's are my movement." I clarified, "I am asking you with respect to bread and water."

He answered! "Goodness Shaykh on the off chance that somebody welcomed you to his home, would it be fitting to take your own sustenance?" I shouted, "No!" "Correspondingly, My Lord has welcomed His hireling to His home, it is just the shortcoming of your Yaqeen that influences us to convey arrangements. Regardless of this, do you figure Allah will release me to squander?" "Never" I answered. He at that point left. At some point later I saw him in Makkah. He moved toward me and asked, "Gracious Shaykh would you say you are still of powerless conviction?"

Source: Stories of the Pious by Shaikh Ahmad Ali.