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Pait ka Qufl e Madina | The Excellence of Hunger
down from the mountain. A house of a non-Muslim lied beside the mountain. The worshipper approached the non-Muslim and begged him for some food. The non-Muslim gave him 4 pieces of bread. (As the worshipper left), the dog of the non-Muslim began to bark at him. The worshipper gave one piece to the dog. After eating it, the dog pursued and barked again. He gave another piece of bread but the dog was still barking. Eventually, he gave all four pieces of bread but the dog did not become silent. Enraged, he said to the dog, ‘O despicable and greedy dog! You have no shame, I have begged your master for food which I have given to you but you still do not leave me.’ The dog replied, ‘I am not more shameless than you! Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ bestowed upon you a nice sustenance for many years without any struggle, when He عَزَّوَجَلَّ tested you a little you became so worried that you went to His enemy’s house to beg.’
(Aḥsan-ul-Wi’ā, pp. 144)
Dear Islamic brothers! We have learnt from the foregoing parable that if Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, who bestows upon us innumerable bounties, ever tests us, we should be patient instead of complaining. The following parable would further clarify this point.
41. Mahmud Ayaz and slice of cucumber
It is reported that once a person gifted a cucumber to Sultan Maḥmūd Ghaznawī عَـلَیۡهِ رَحۡـمَـةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی, a renowned devotee of Rasūl. The sultan accepted the gift and gave the person a reward. He then cut off a slice and handed it to his beloved slave Ayāz who consumed the slice relishing its taste. Then, Sultan Maḥmūd cut another slice, this time for himself. As soon as he put it into his own mouth, he spat it out instantly, as it was too bitter. Astonished at Ayāz, he asked, ‘Ayāz! How did you eat such a bitter thing? Even your facial expression did not reveal any sign of displeasure.’ Ayāz replied, ‘Respected Sultan! There is no doubt that the piece of cucumber was extremely bitter.
BOOK TOPIC
BOOK TOPIC
- Du'a for Reading the Book
- Transliteration Chart
- Table of Contents
- Translator's Notes
- Excellence of Hunger
- Intentional hunger
- Blessed hunger of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- Hungry for many nights
- Two stones tied to stomach
- Affectionate sentiments
- Hunger of Prophet Dawud صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- True devotees should reflect
- Eating just once every two days
- Eating once and fasting
- Fasting with one meal
- A dining cloth made of gold
- Survival on dates and water
- Treasure of hunger and gratification for it
- Perils of a doubtful morsel
- Punishment for consuming a Haram morsel
- Fear of bad end
- Sweetness of worship
- Saint with green skin
- Key to world
- His Nafs took him to Hell
- Banquet on the Day of Judgement
- Physical fitness
- Dry bread and salt
- Reason of nocturnal emission
- Six Madani pearls
- Why emphasis on remaining hungry?
- Respite from Allah عزوجل
- Dua of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- Seven intestines
- Seven Madani pearls
- Traveller of Madani Qafilah
- Bowl of milk and seventy companions رضی اللہ عنھم
- Independence from people
- When you eat a lot,you also have to earn a lot
- If only hunger could be purchased
- To eat in excess is attribute of unbelievers
- I am worst person
- Remaining hungry for one year
- How much should common person eat?
- The bird that lives thousand years
- Fat mosquito
- Excellence of lean body
- Causes of obesity
- Definition of youth
- Dangers of pizza
- Story of consumer of pizza
- Cure for obesity
- Get your blood tested
- Four cures for constipation
- Medication for narcolepsy
- Best cure for obesity
- Remedy to stay healthy
- Not everyone's appetite is same
- To drink a lot of water
- Overburden
- I eat very little
- Precautions of eating less
- What is Nafs?
- We live to eat
- Cancer of gums
- Danger of fake Kattha
- Thought-provoking story
- Do you want to eat less?
- Bowl of poison
- Severe accountability for luxuries
- Three questions about every favour
- How to develop habit of eating less?
- Specify portion of your food
- You can mix your food prior to eating
- Method of eating less in presence of others
- Trial for those that eat less
- Eat less for forty days consecutively
- Bitter advice
- 52 Parables
- 2. Madani Qafilah inhabited Masjid
- 3. Eighty companions and a little food
- 4. Gigantic fish
- 5. Amin-ul-Ummah
- 6. Heart patient was cured
- 7. Prophet Yahya علیہ ااسلام and Satan
- 8. He spewed milk
- 9. Roasted meat
- 10. Thought provoking sermon
- 11. The first to shoot an arrow in path of Allah
- 12. Warts on hand
- 13. Ghusl for forty times in one night
- 14. Picking bits of food from floor and eating them
- 15. After difficulty there is ease
- 16. Eating only ten raisins a day
- 17. Desire to eat egg plant
- 18. Eat and drink
- 20. Hiding to avoid eating
- 21. Blessing of a saint 22. Good company
- 22. Good company faithful death
- 23. Bad company bad death
- 24. Hungry lion
- 25. Trusting young man
- 27. An enthusiastic preacher
- 28. Eggs and bread
- 30. Happiness in fever
- 31. Fine of eating lentils
- 32. Fish bone
- 33. Carrot and honey
- 34. He spat out fig
- 35. Confectioner fed them
- 36. Leftover bones
- 37. Fear before eating
- 38. Piece of dry bread
- 39. His vein would pulsate
- 40. Worshipper and pomegranate
- 41. Mahmud Ayaz and slice of cucumber
- 42. Non-Muslim monk embraces Islam
- 43. Rice and fish
- 44. Beneficial to one's heart
- 45. Valimah in Paradise
- 46. Dough that dried in sunlight
- 47. He did not drink milk for forty years
- 48. Meat and bread
- 49. Frightening thunderstorm
- 50. Green bowl
- 51. He used to speak to his Nafs
- 52. He vowed not to eat vegetable
- 15 Ahadis about Excellence of Salat Alan-Nabi صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- 22 Madani Pearls of Giving Dars from Faizan e Sunnat
- Method of Delivering Dars from Faizan e Sunnat
- Dua of Attar
- Glossary
- Bibliography
