and feeling disappointed, one should perform good deeds with sincerity, refrain from sins and get into the habit of giving Sadaqah as Sadaqah not only saves a person from calamities but by virtue of the blessing of it he is also blessed by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ with reward.

How did earth turn to nice flour?

Sayyiduna ‘Ata رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has narrated from his father: Once the respected wife of a famous pious person Sayyiduna Abu Muslim Kholaani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said to him, ‘We have no more flour and have nothing to eat.’ Sayyiduna Abu Muslim Kholaani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said, ‘Do you have any money to buy flour?’ She humbly replied, ‘I have one dirham which I have got by selling wool.’ He said, ‘Give me the dirham; I will buy flour.’ Taking the dirham and a bag, he went to the marketplace. When he intended to buy flour from a shop, a beggar suddenly came and said, ‘O Abu Muslim Kholaani! Give me this dirham as Sadaqah. Sayyiduna Abu Muslim Kholani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه came out of the shop and went to another one.

As he intended to buy flour, the same beggar came again and said, ‘O Abu Muslim Kholaani! I am very helpless; give me this dirham as Sadaqah.’ The beggar continued to follow him. Eventually, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه gave him the dirham. He began to think ‘What will now I give to my family? Seeing the empty bag, they will get worried’, he thought to himself anxiously. He then went to a carpenter shop where he filled his bag with sawdust and soil and walked home. He knocked on the door and the door was opened. As the door opened, he handed over the bag to his family and returned even without entering home.

Thinking that his family would get worried after they found out that the bag was full of sawdust and soil, Sayyiduna Abu Muslim Kholaani became very worried and did not go home all day long. On the other hand, when his respected wife opened the bag, it was full of very high-quality flour. Therefore, she cooked food quickly and began to wait for him. Late night, he secretly entered home, so his respected wife brought him fresh rotis at once. Amazed to see the rotis he asked, ‘Where did you get these rotis from?’ His respected wife replied, ‘These are the rotis from the flour you had brought.’