I remember stumbling upon a beautiful story amongst the children of the sahabah wherein they were trying to correct an old man regarding his wudhu.

These two kids noticed the old man doing his wudhu incorrectly and so they thought of a way of correcting the old man in a manner that he is not offended due to the age difference as well as they wanted to convey their point in a respectful yet clear manner.

So they went infront of the old man and started to softly argue in a way that they caught the attention of the old man. Trying to calm the kids down, the old man interrupted them and said what is the matter - one of them said, we are competing as to who does wudhu better and told the old man to check and see who does better from the both of them.

So both showed how they do their wudhu and the old man said "Both of you do wudhu better than me." - while realizing that his wudhu can be done better and correctly like theirs.

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This is the character of the children of the sahabah, Subhan'Allah.

Imagine having kids competing for matters of the deen or things that would be beneficial for their hereafter.

Dear parents, be mindful of what your children have been busy about or have been learning out from the Internet if you have given them complete freedom of internet usage.

Nowadays, our youth have been so succumed by the use of gadgets and social media that they have been glued on their Ipads or smartphones that they end up neglecting their ibadah or even neglecting their own parents!

Reflect from this short story, see how beautifully they corrected the old man - how they kept in mind that giving an advice to an older person (especially coming from a younger one) might hurt his pride so they were very careful as how they would convey their point without hurting nor coming off too strong on the old man.

Busy your kids in learning about the deen as early as you can - let the deen grow with them.

Protect your offsprings through safeguarding and nurturing their imaan.

May Allah make it easy for all of us.

I pray this one can be a good reminder for those who are mindful!

P.S.

- i have rephrased and shared the story from memory, I ask gou to take the good out of it and may Allah forgive me if i have narrated something wrong on it.

Your sister in deen,

Umm Umar Khaled
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