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• The Prophet of Islam (a.s). has said,” One who is attracted towards sin and
lechery but shuns them because of the fear of Allah, then he will be pardoned
by Allah and saved from the Hellfire!”
THE SECOND FRUIT:
SOME TALES
• Mohammed Yakub Kulaini quotes from Imam Zain al Abedeen (a.s.) that
some people were sailing in a boat when it toppled in a storm. Only one
woman survived by hanging on to a wooden plank that kept afloat. She
landed in an island where she met a sinful person. When he saw the woman
the evil desires rose in his mind. The woman cried and begged him to spare
her the ignominy. The man told her why she was so scared of anyone in that
lonely place. The woman raised her hand towards the sky and said, “ I am
afraid of my Allah!” The evil person asked her, “ Have you never done such
an act?” The woman replied, “ By Allah! I have never committed such a
sin!” The man thought that the woman was chaste and he had himself
committed umpteen sins. Therefore he thought that he must be more fearful
of Allah. With this thought he left the woman unmolested and went away in
one direction. On the way a hermit joined him on the journey. The heat of the
sun was excessive and the hermit asked him to pray that a cloud shadowed
their heads to provide them some relief from the sunlight. The man said that
he had been sinner all his life and his prayers may not be answered! The
hermit said that he would himself pray and the man should say, ’Aameen!’
The hermit therefore prayed and the sinner said, ‘Aameen’. The prayer was
answered and a cloud appeared over their heads. After a while they reached a
place from where the hermit had to go in a different direction. When the
hermit went his way, the cloud followed the sinner giving him the shade! The
hermit said, “ O youth! What is it that my prayer was not answered and your
prayer was?” The man recounted his experience to the hermit. The hermit
said, “ Allah is pleased with you! Try to earn His pleasure in the future!.”
• Imam Jafar e Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that there was once a courtier of a king of
the Bani Israel. The king was very kind on this person. The king once told
him that he wanted a wise and judicious person to be deputed to another
kingdom for some important errand.
The courtier had a brother whose spouse was very pretty. The courtier had an
evil eye on the woman and was looking for an opportunity to molest her. He told
to the king that his brother would be ideal to perform his errand. The king liked
the suggestion and called the person to his presence. The courtier told his brother
that it was the best chance for him to earn the king’s favor by performing his
important task. The brother mentioned about the matter to his wife who
happened to be a scion of a prophet (a.s.)’s family. She was a woman of piety