A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree in a place, and every day a little boy would come there and play around it. The boy would cling to its branches, climb to its top, eat its apples, and when tired, lie down under its shade and sleep peacefully. The boy loved the tree, and the tree loved him back and enjoyed playing with him. Time passed, and the boy grew up.
And then the boy did not play around the tree every day. One day, the boy returned, but he was sad.
The tree said, "Come and play with me."
The boy replied, "I am no longer small enough to play around trees. I want toys, and I need money to buy toys."
The tree said, "I don't have any money."
"But it can happen that you take all my apples and sell them so that you can get money."
The boy became very happy; he climbed the tree, plucked all the apples, and left happily. The tree lost all its fruits, but its own happiness was nothing compared to the joy it felt seeing the boy happy. However, the tree's happiness could not last long because the boy did not return after taking the apples, so the tree became sad.
Then one day suddenly, the boy came back, but now he had become a man. The tree was overjoyed at his arrival and said to him:
"Come and play with me."
The boy replied, "I don't have time to play because I have to work for my wife and children. I need a house that can give us shelter. Can you help me?"
"I am sorry, I don't have a house, but you can cut my branches and twigs to build your house."
The man took all the tree's branches and twigs and left happily. Just as he had taken its fruits before, the tree was once again delighted to see him happy, and then he disappeared once more. He did not return to the tree, and the tree became lonely and sad once again.
Then after a long time, on a hot summer day, the man returned, and the tree's happiness touched its peak again, thinking, "Maybe he will play with me now."
"Come and play with me," said the tree.
The man said to the tree, "I am old now and want to go to a peaceful place by sailing in a river. Can you give me a boat?"
The tree said, "Take my trunk and make a boat out of it, this way you can travel far and be happy."
So the man cut the tree's trunk, made a boat, and sailed away, not returning for a long time.
Finally, after being gone for a long time, the man returned. Seeing him, the tree said sadly,
"I am sorry, my son, but I have nothing left to give you. There are no more apples for you."
The man said, "It doesn't matter, I don't have teeth to bite apples anymore."
"My trunk is also gone for you to climb and jump on."
The man said, "I am old now, I cannot do such things."
The tree said,
"My son, I truly have nothing left to give you, now only my dying roots are left," the tree said in a voice filled with tears and weeping.
The man said, "Now I just need a place where I can rest peacefully."
"That's wonderful, the old roots of an old tree are a very good place for you to rest."
The tree said, "Come sit with me so you can find peace... come along."
The man sat down near the tree, and the tree became happy again, smiled, and its eyes were filled with tears.
Do you know who this tree is??
This tree is your parents...
Value the sacrifices of your parents; you can never repay their debt, but serve them well and obey them so that your world and the Hereafter may be better, Insha'Allah.
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Narrated.
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![🕋 Turn Your Gaze Away from the Faults of Others 🕋
Hazrat Aqdas Sayyid Ahmad al-Rifa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
"Turn your gaze away even from the honor of others—leave alone the evil deeds—because as you sow, so shall you reap. If you have one eye, others have many eyes. Just as you are, so will be the leader/officer appointed over us. Restrain your tongue from speaking ill of the creation, because if you have one tongue, the creation has many tongues. Looking into your own faults is enough for you. Just as you speak about others, they will speak about you.
Hold your self (Nafs) accountable for its deeds every single day. Seek forgiveness (Istighfar) from Allah abundantly. Become the doctor and guide of your own self, because unless you yourself worry about your self-rectification and seek the straight path, no spiritual guide (Murshid) or spiritual doctor can do anything. Do not be negligent in taking account of your self, and save yourself from indulging in carnal desires (Haz-e-Nafs)."
(May Allah Almighty protect us all from carnal/baseless desires) Ameen.
[Bunyaad al-Mushayyadh, Page 193]
Sayyid al-Awliya Hazrat Sayyid Ahmad al-Rifa'i
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