Evil eye

Aslam was the descendent of a small town near Sahiwal. He was young generous lad who was almost 22 years. One day he was sitting on a shop and a little girl all wrapped up in a scarf over her head was carrying a small buck of water over her head.

Aslam said' look, she's so beautiful. The girl went a little ahead, fell down, the water spilled and the bucket broke.

Once he was going to a friend’s home he saw a very beautiful tree with the perfect stem arousing from it like the one used for tying a swing. He went to his friend’s home and on the way back that the tree’s beautiful stem was laying on the ground, broken. (It was all natural, nobody cut the tree)

Qadir was among the elite people of town and he had very beautiful kids Saqib and Saqlain. The kids were aged 4-5 years, neat and clean, all tied up and very soft spoken.

While they were going for a play Aslam saw them and praised their beauty. Within a week both of the children died.

This is a true story from my own village. The person who narrated it to me personally knew Aslam and according to him he was not a jealous or envious man. He was like a normal young man.

Lesson:

Do say ' Masha Allah ' when you see a beautiful thing. Evil eye is a truth and everybody should try to save themselves and others from it.

It is said that the 'evil eye' only works when someone is envious towards you or is jealous, but Aslam was a good person himself and i don't think so he did it intentionally. It was only about not remembering Allah when seeing a beautiful thing.

Quranic Answers to my situation!!

It's the miracle of Quran that when ever you are facing a problem, the Ayah's you read that day relate to your problem and tell you the solution.

Today i was sobing over the mistakes that i did in the past. I had to complete my homework i.e. to write running translation in my Qur'anic notebook. The Ayah 160 from Surah Al-Baqarah struck me the most. It is clearly me that whatever i had done has been done, and if i repent i'll surely be granted for Allah is the only fogiver who never lets us down. And may Allah Talah forgive all my mistakes. Amin :)

Sakina's Daughter in law

It was the evening of 1973 when the Baraat arrived in the village. All the people including Alina gathered around the corners of the roof tops to catch a glimpse of the bride. The bride was a non-relative of the groom, and the groom was considered to be one the most handsome man in town. The bride covered all up in a big Chaddar walked towards her house-to-be. As the bride was not from the town, so all the curiosity gathered to the point as how she looked like. And guess what happened when the curtain was raised (or in other words: the moment bride was put on the show for the village females)??

'She's not at all beautiful!!'
'She's fat'
'Ain't she a bit too blackish??'
'Why has Sakina done this to her son??'
and the never ending comments of the geriatrics, the teens etc etc

Alina who was about to get married in a year, rushed to tell her sister Rubab that the bride is not what they expected her to be.
'Rubab!!! she's fat, she's black and she walks like a camel' *hahahahahaha*
'I wonder what Sakina chachi though while asking for her hand??' 'Her son is so beautiful, has she gone mad???'

Rubab who was a sensitive and mature girl told Alina to not react this way. She told her that its the inner beauty that matters and not what she looks like. But it was Alina who just won't listen to what Rubab was saying and rushed to another friends home to tell her about the 'outsider bride.'

1974.
Alina got married to Tahir and was blessed with 7 children from Allah Talah.

2004:
Alina's eldest son Akhtar (the beautiful one among all her children) gets married. And guess how his bride looks like???

Same as the 'outsider bride'!!!

Lesson: Be careful with what you say.

Story told by : Rubab