"Tell me your story"

RI_RS —

This is a story I read that gave me shivers and completely touched me. I think it's beautiful. Oh and try not to delete it if you can resist the temptation please :roll:

A righteous man was once asked to tell the story of the pivotal moment of his life, the moment in which he first began to apply the teachings of Islam, and the following was his answer:

When I was a young man, I would not hesitate to perpetrate any sin that was made available to me. Then, one day, I saw a young woman who was perhaps the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. Much tempted by her, I indicated to her that I wanted her to approach me. She seemed nervous, but I thought that she would probably agree to satisfy my sexual desires for money. She approached me with what seemed to be a great deal of trepidation, and when she actually stood before me, she looked extremely terrified.
Feeling sorry for her, I said, ‘Do not fear, for I will not harm you.’
But my words did not lessen her terrible fright in the least; in fact, her situation worsened. She began to tremble like a palm tree leaf trembles with the wind.
I said, ‘Tell me your story.’
She said, ‘By Allah, o my brother, never before this day have I offered my body in this way. Dire need is what has driven me to this, for I have three daughters who have not eaten a single morsel of food for three days now. It was pity for them that brought me to this low point in my life.’
For the first time in my life, I felt pity; her story moved me, and I no longer entertained the intention of taking advantage of her. After she told me where she lived, I took a great deal of money, clothing and food to her house. When I returned to my house, I told my mother what had happened.
My mother knew that I had a book in which I would record all of my evil deeds, and so she said to me, ‘My son, you are a man who has never performed a good deed except for the good deed that you performed today. I know that you have a book in which you record your evil exploits, go now and write in it your good deed.’
I stood up, went to my book, opened it, and found that all of its pages were blank- except for the first page on which was written a single line.

إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ

Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds (i.e. small sins)

[Hud : 114]
At that very moment, I raised my hands to the sky and said, ‘By your Might and Majesty, never again will I disobey You.’ "
The above is taken from Stories of Repentance published by dar-us-salam.com

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RI_RS — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 01:44

[quote=You]DELETE! DELETE! DELETE![/quote]

I know you mean it as a joke,

but that is actually what happened ¬_¬

RI_RS — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 01:45

[quote=s.b.f]Quite touching - I have to agree.[/quote]

Yeah there's something hauntingly beautiful about the climax, It's an amazing story.

s.b.f — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 01:50

[quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF][quote=s.b.f]Quite touching - I have to agree.[/quote]

Yeah there's something hauntingly beautiful about the climax, It's an amazing story.[/quote]

I'd say your introduction helps massively.

RI_RS — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 01:59

[quote=s.b.f][quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF][quote=s.b.f]Quite touching - I have to agree.[/quote]

Yeah there's something hauntingly beautiful about the climax, It's an amazing story.[/quote]

I'd say your introduction helps massively.[/quote]

What d'you Mean? Helps what? I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not :S ><

s.b.f — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 02:01

[quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF][quote=s.b.f][quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF][quote=s.b.f]Quite touching - I have to agree.[/quote]

Yeah there's something hauntingly beautiful about the climax, It's an amazing story.[/quote]

I'd say your introduction helps massively.[/quote]

What d'you Mean? Helps what? I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not :S ><[/quote]

You said it was touching. That's the only reason why I read it. Maybe it just helped me.

RI_RS — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 02:03

[quote=s.b.f][quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF][quote=s.b.f][quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF][quote=s.b.f]Quite touching - I have to agree.[/quote]

Yeah there's something hauntingly beautiful about the climax, It's an amazing story.[/quote]

I'd say your introduction helps massively.[/quote]

What d'you Mean? Helps what? I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not :S ><[/quote]

You said it was touching. That's the only reason why I read it. Maybe it just helped me.[/quote]

Ohh I see! Well I'm glad you think my reviews are credible :p

Foysol89 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 02:32

I think that you may have to explain the main issue this story raises. Some people may take it the wrong way and think that you agree with women selling themselves for money.

Just to carify, i think the story was meant to out line that your good deeds outweigh you bad deeds. Not only that but one good ded can also erase the small sins that you may have committed.

Another good point we should take from this story is to remember to always seek forgiveness from Allah Swt with an intention to never commit a sin again.

By the way if you couldn't tell i was being sarcastic in my first two sentences. Some people fail to see when i am being sarcastic or not so this is why i am confirming the sarcasm 😃

mush91 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 08:25

noooo dude no one can say thats what the story tells because the woman says that shes doing it for her family and that its the lowest point in her life
but then again prostitution should never ever be a choice in any matter but by the will of Allah swt she didnt haveto go through with it 🙂
i liked this story 😃

You — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 08:34

[quote=Foysol89]I think that you may have to explain the main issue this story raises. Some people may take it the wrong way and think that you agree with women selling themselves for money. [/quote]

How did you get to that conclusion?

Foysol89 — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 16:21

[quote=You][quote=Foysol89]I think that you may have to explain the main issue this story raises. Some people may take it the wrong way and think that you agree with women selling themselves for money. [/quote]

How did you get to that conclusion?[/quote]

i really need to get my points across more clearly when im writing. please somebody tell me they understood what i meant by that comment. i am tired of explaining myself repeatedly on here but maybe that's my fault

RI_RS — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 17:12

[quote=You][quote=Foysol89]I think that you may have to explain the main issue this story raises. Some people may take it the wrong way and think that you agree with women selling themselves for money. [/quote]

How did you get to that conclusion?[/quote]

Lol Jacques 😛 You may want to consider reading to the end of a comment before replying.

He goes on to explain that he was being sarcastic xD

And I'm glad everyone liked the story 🙂

TPOS — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 17:48

*like*

[quote=Foysol89] By the way if you couldn't tell i was being sarcastic in my first two sentences. Some people fail to see when i am being sarcastic or not so this is why i am confirming the sarcasm :D[/quote]
Ignore me then (!)

You — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 - 17:48

oops.

By the way if you couldn't tell i was being sarcastic in my first two sentences. Some people fail to see when i am being sarcastic or not so this is why i am confirming the sarcasm

but you forgot to confirm the confirmation.

Foysol89 — Tue, 1 Mar 2011 - 03:01

[quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF][quote=You][quote=Foysol89]I think that you may have to explain the main issue this story raises. Some people may take it the wrong way and think that you agree with women selling themselves for money. [/quote]

How did you get to that conclusion?[/quote]

Lol Jacques 😛 You may want to consider reading to the end of a comment before replying.

He goes on to explain that he was being sarcastic xD

And I'm glad everyone liked the story :)[/quote]

erherrm he's not the only one to reply without reading the whole post. i recall someone else having a go at me for misunderstanding what i said on their previous post. 🙂

seriously is it the way i write, do i need to add a commentary at the bottom of my comments. i try my best.

Foysol89 — Tue, 1 Mar 2011 - 03:03

[quote=ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE]*like*

[quote=Foysol89] By the way if you couldn't tell i was being sarcastic in my first two sentences. Some people fail to see when i am being sarcastic or not so this is why i am confirming the sarcasm :D[/quote]
Ignore me then (!)[/quote]

i can't tell, are you being sarcastic(!) :LOL:

RI_RS — Tue, 1 Mar 2011 - 08:37

[quote=Foysol89][quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF][quote=You][quote=Foysol89]I think that you may have to explain the main issue this story raises. Some people may take it the wrong way and think that you agree with women selling themselves for money. [/quote]

How did you get to that conclusion?[/quote]

Lol Jacques 😛 You may want to consider reading to the end of a comment before replying.

He goes on to explain that he was being sarcastic xD

And I'm glad everyone liked the story :)[/quote]

erherrm he's not the only one to reply without reading the whole post. i recall someone else having a go at me for misunderstanding what i said on their previous post. 🙂

seriously is it the way i write, do i need to add a commentary at the bottom of my comments. i try my best.[/quote]

Actually that time it was your fault too, you didn't make it clear what you were saying.
In fact, this time you didn't either, (I took it the way You saw it too before I read the bit at the end) but you clarified it underneath.

Foysol89 — Tue, 1 Mar 2011 - 16:22

[quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF]

Actually that time it was your fault too, you didn't make it clear what you were saying.
In fact, this time you didn't either, (I took it the way You saw it too before I read the bit at the end) but you clarified it underneath.[/quote]

so you think i really do need to add a commentary at the end of my comments

btw im asking you a question? 🙂

Bilan — Tue, 1 Mar 2011 - 21:04

[quote=Foysol89][quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF]

Actually that time it was your fault too, you didn't make it clear what you were saying.
In fact, this time you didn't either, (I took it the way You saw it too before I read the bit at the end) but you clarified it underneath.[/quote]

so you think i really do need to add a commentary at the end of my comments

btw im asking you a question? :)[/quote]

LOOL 😂 Foysol ur funny!!!!

Foysol89 — Wed, 2 Mar 2011 - 00:02

[quote=bilan][quote=Foysol89][quote=MakeMeRawr_8TeenF]

Actually that time it was your fault too, you didn't make it clear what you were saying.
In fact, this time you didn't either, (I took it the way You saw it too before I read the bit at the end) but you clarified it underneath.[/quote]

so you think i really do need to add a commentary at the end of my comments

btw im asking you a question? :)[/quote]

LOOL 😂 Foysol ur funny!!!![/quote]

thanks your not bad either, i have always said that your one of the only normal ones here

Funny's all i got :), it was the only way to make friends in school and now its not bad either 🙂

Bilan — Wed, 2 Mar 2011 - 22:02

oh im so glad u approve(!). i am one of the only normal ones here arent i???? that said, everyone else must be pretty cuckoo for u to have come to that conclusion! lool

yh funny is all u rlly need to have, who cares about anything else????!

Bilan — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 - 19:29

[quote=mush91]in school i had gangsterism 8) and humour 😂
iw as always a people pleaser :D[/quote]

WAS being the word here right?? 😉

Foysol89 — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 - 00:00

[quote=bilan][quote=mush91]in school i had gangsterism 8) and humour 😂
iw as always a people pleaser :D[/quote]

WAS being the word here right?? ;)[/quote]

Yes 'WAS' was the right word. That was in school days, it's not school days no more so why do we still have English lessons on here?

mush91 — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 - 09:33

[quote=Foysol89][quote=bilan][quote=mush91]in school i had gangsterism 8) and humour 😂
iw as always a people pleaser :D[/quote]

WAS being the word here right?? ;)[/quote]

Yes 'WAS' was the right word. That was in school days, it's not school days no more so why do we still have English lessons on here?[/quote]

EXACTLY!
WHY? WHY? WHYYYYY?
but lets give billy a hand she figured that one out all on her own 😛

Bilan — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 - 12:22

lol. what r u 2 on about???

i WAS talking about how school was mush's prime time, so taking the mick, not giving a 101 in english!. im disappointed guys..i rlly am. shame on u! (lol)