simple yet touching anecdote - from LIFE IS AN OPEN SECRET, sister Zabrina A.Bakar :)
one day, Ibrahim ibn Adham tried to enter a public bath. The bath attendant stopped him and asked for the entrance fees. He hung his head and admitted he has no money.
The attendant replied, ''then you cannot enter the bath''.
Ibrahim ibn Adham cried out nad sank to the ground, weeping bitterly. A passerby stopped to comfort him. someone offered him money.
Ibrahim ibn Adham said, : '' i am not weeping because i was refused entrance to the bath. when the bath attendant demanded an admission fee, i was reminded of something which led me to weep. If i am not allowed to enter the bath in this world unless i pay the fee, WHAT HOPE DO I HAVE OF BEING ALLOWED TO ENTER PARADISE? what will happen, when they demand, what good deeds have you brought, what have you done worthy of being let into paradise? just as i was kept out of the bath because i couldn't pay , i will surely be kept out of paradise if i have no good deeds to my credit. that's why i weep and moan''.
take a breath then... say Allahhuakbar.
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