Worldly Benefits of Pious Deeds

remembered the following verse of Sūrah Āl ꜤImrān:

لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتّٰی تُنْفِقُوْا مِمَّا تُحِبُّوْنَ ۬

You will never attain piety until you spend in the way of Allah that which you hold dear.^{^[1]}

He decided that he would give away that she-camel and its offspring in charity. He took them to a neighbour’s home, who was poverty-stricken and had 7 daughters. Ibn JudꜤān knocked on the door, and when the neighbour emerged, he placed the camel’s reigns in their hands and said, “Brother, keep this. It is a gift from me.”

The neighbour’s face lit up with joy, and there is no doubt that he made many supplications for Ibn JudꜤān in his heart. Ibn JudꜤān returned home, many days passed by, spring eventually came to an end, and autumn arrived. Leaves began to fall from the trees, heat began to intensify, and water became scarce in the desert, leaving people looking for even one drop.

In this situation, Ibn JudꜤān went out with his sons in search of water. After travelling a long distance, they came across an underground cave. Ibn JudꜤān estimated that there would definitely be some water there, and he told his sons to wait outside as he went inside the cave. He had hoped to find water, but instead found himself stuck in soft and muddy ground. His sons awaited his return, but a long time passed. Eventually, they assumed their father had died in the cave.

The sons returned home and started to discuss how they would divide their father’s possessions. They remembered their father had gifted a she-camel to their neighbour. The materialistic sons arrived at the neighbour’s house to demand the she-camel back. When the neighbour

[1] Al-Quran, Āl-ꜤImrān, verse 92; translation from Kanz al-ꜤIrfān

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