Once there lived two brothers who lost their parents at an early age.
They worked together on their family farm. Some years later, the elder
married and had a family with 2 children, while the other was still
single. They worked hard together in the day and at the end of each day
they shared their produce equally.
One day while the single brother was working in the fields, he
thought to himself, “It’s not right that we share equally everything.
I’m alone and my needs are simple. My brother has a big family. He needs
much more.” With that in mind he took a sack full of grains and slowly
went to his brothers barn and places the sack quietly. He did so every
night.
Meanwhile, the married brother thought to himself, “It’s not right
that we share everything equally. After all, I’m married and I have my
wife and children to look after me in years to come. My brother has no
family and no one can take care of his future. He really should have a
bigger share.” So each night he took a bag of grain and put it into his
brothers barn quietly.
This went on and both men were puzzled for years because their grain never dwindled.
Then one night, on the way to each others barn, the two brothers
coincidentally met and they found out what was happening all these
years! They dropped their bags, cried and embraced one another with
tears of happiness.
Moral: love for your brother what you love for yourself.
May ALLAH allow us to implement this beautiful quality in our lives and keep us away from jealousy. Aameen.
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