{"id":429,"date":"2016-10-26T15:42:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T15:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gnations.net\/?p=429"},"modified":"2016-10-26T15:42:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T15:42:18","slug":"a-short-inspiring-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarinigar.com\/english\/a-short-inspiring-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A short inspiring Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"id_5810ce4bf19577167032128\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\" style=\"text-align:justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-430 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sarinigarenglish.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/390810_10150511018723685_657732507_n.jpg?resize=300%2C253&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"390810_10150511018723685_657732507_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" \/>A wise and saintly rich man, sensing his approaching death, called his son to his side and gave him these instructions: \u201cMy son, I shall be leaving you very shortly. On the day when I die, and they have washed my body and come to wrap it in the shroud, I want you to put one of my socks on my foot. This is my final request of you.\u201d<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nSoon after this, the old man did indeed <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">die, leaving behind his goods and property, his children and his dependents. Family, friends, acquaintances and neighbours attended his funeral.<\/p>\n<p>The body had been washed and was almost completely wrapped in the shroud, when the son remembered his father\u2019s wish. Finding one of his old socks, he handed it to the washer of the dead, saying, \u201cIn accordance with my father\u2019s last request, please put this sock on his foot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is quite impossible:\u2019 Said the man. \u201cSuch a thing is utterly impermissible in Islam. I cannot act against the Shariah.\u201d Despite this valid objection, the son insisted, \u201cThat was my father\u2019s final request; it must certainly be carried out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The washer of the dead was unmoved. \u201cIf you won\u2019t take my word for it,\u201d he said, \u201cgo and ask the mufti. He will confirm what I tell you, that it is not permissible.\u201d Holding up the funeral, they consulted the mufti, preachers and scholars, all of whom declared that this was not permissible in Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Just then, an aged friend of the deceased interrupted the debate with these words to the son: \u201cMy boy, your late father entrusted me with a letter which I was to hand over to you after his departure. Here, this letter belongs to you.\u201d So saying, he gave him an envelope. Taken by surprise, the boy opened the envelope and read out the contents of his father\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy son, all this wealth and property I have left to you. Now you see: at the last moment, they won\u2019t even let you give me an old sock to wear. When you yourself come one day to be in my condition they will also refuse to let you keep anything but your shroud.<\/p>\n<p>Eight yards of shroud are all you will be able to carry over from this fleeting world into the Hereafter. So pull yourself together and be prepared. Spend the fortune I have left you, not for the satisfaction of vain desires, but in ways pleasing to Allah, that you may achieve honour in both worlds.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wise and saintly rich man, sensing his approaching death, called his son to his side and gave him these instructions: \u201cMy son, I shall be leaving you very shortly.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v25.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A short inspiring Story &#187; 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