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The Khurasani then said, “Old man, my father died - may Allah have mercy on
him - and left behind three thousand dinars and said to me, ‘Take out a third of
this money and give it to a person from the people who is most deserving of it.’
By Allah (SWT), I have not seen a person since I left Khurasan until now, who
is more worthy of it than you. So take it, may Allah’s (SWT) blessing be upon
you, and may He reward you for the trust you kept and your patience during
poverty.”The Khurasani man left without the money. The old man wept and
prayed, “May Allah bless the owner of the money in his grave, and may Allah
bless his son.”I left after the Khurasani but Abu Ghayth, the old man, brought
me back. He said, “I have seen you following me since the first day; you have
come to know of our situation yesterday and today. So this is a gift fromAllah
(SWT) to all those attending.” The old man called his daughters, his sisters,
and his wife and her mother, and sat down and made me sit down. We were
ten people. The old man gave out the dinars one by one in order until he
reached me and said, “Here is a dinar.” The process continued until the bag
was empty and I received a hundred dinars. So joy filled my heart because
of the provision they received, more than the joy I had because I received a
hundred dinars.When I was leaving the old man said, “Young man, you are
blessed. Keep this money with you, for it is Halal (lawful or permitted). And
know that I used to wake up for Fajr (Early Morning) Prayer with this wet
shirt. After I was done I would take it off and give it to my daughters so that
they could pray, one by one. Then I would go to work between Zuhr Prayer
and Asr Prayer and then I would come back at the end of the day with what
Allah (SWT) has given me of dates and dry pieces of bread. Then I would
take off my clothes for my daughters and they would pray Zuhr and Asr, and
the same would happen for the Maghrib and Isha Prayers. And we did not
ever expect to see this kind of money. So may Allah (SWT) make us make
good use of them, and may Allah (SWT) bless the person in his grave and
multiply the reward for him.” So I told him goodbye and took the hundred
dinars and used them to write knowledge for two years. I used it to buy paper
and pay rent.“...And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He
will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty). And He will provide
him from (sources) he never could imagine. And whosoever puts his trust in
Allah, then He will suffice him ...” Holy Quran (65:2-3)