daughter becoming a queen and inclining towards the world. So, he sent a message back and asked for three days. During this time, he went from Masjid to Masjid, searching for a pious young man.

During his search, he came across a young man who had the light of worship and righteousness on his face. So, he asked him, ‘Are you married?’ He replied in the negative. Shaykh Kermani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه then asked, ‘Do you wish to marry a girl who recites the Quran, establishes Salah, is beautiful and who is righteous?’ He replied, ‘I am a poor individual; who will marry such a pious woman like that to me?’ He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه replied, ‘I will. Take these gold coins; purchase some bread with one coin, some condiment with one and some perfume with one.’

So, the young man bought those things and Shaykh Kermani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه married his daughter to that pious young man. When the daughter left her home and arrived at her husband’s home, she saw that there was nothing in the home except for a container of water and a piece of bread on that container. She asked, ‘What is this bread?’ Her husband replied, ‘It is leftover bread from yesterday which I put out for Iftar.’ Hearing this, she said, ‘Take me home.’ The young man said, ‘I had feared that the daughter of Shaykh Kermani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه could not stay in the home of a poor man like me.’ The girl said, ‘I am not returning on account of your poverty, rather, it is because I sense that your certitude is weak; I am surprised at my father for referring to you as someone who is righteous, virtuous and pious! The state of your trust in Allah Almighty is such that you save bread!’

The young man was deeply affected by these words and expressed remorse. The girl then said, ‘I cannot stay in a house where food is kept for even one meal time; either I will stay here or the bread.’ Hearing this, the young man immediately left and gave that piece of bread away in the way of Allah Almighty. (Raud-ul-Riyaheen, p. 192)

Dear Islamic brothers! Those parents who reject proposals from boys and girls simply because they live their lives in accordance to the