Here is another beautiful story I got during the winter camp about a week ago...
There was a man, let's say his name was Fulan. He worked for someone who had an apple field. One day, he was so hungry that he took one apple from the field and ate it. Afterwards, he regretted what he had done. The apple was not his, thus he felt really bad about it. He went to his boss and apologized. His boss didn't want to forgive him. Fulan never gave up, he came every day to apologize. The answer he got was still the same, "No."
After many times apologizing, he finally got different answer from his boss, "I will forgive you if you do one thing for me." Fulan immediately said, "Anything, sir. I will do anything to get your forgiveness." "Marry my daughter!" Fulan couldn't believe what his boss had said. He surely didn't mind at all. He asked for forgiveness, but he got more than that. His boss hadn't finished what he wanted to say, "But my daughter is blind, ugly, stupid, and disabled." The news shocked Fulan. After a while, he made his decision, "If that's the only thing I could do to get your forgiveness, then I will do it, sir."
Fulan didn't get a chance to see his potential wife until the wedding day came. On the day, she came to the wedding, and she didn't look like what his father said. She's a beautiful lady, not blind, not disabled, etc. She's normal. Fulan was surprised as he didn't expect such a beautiful lady. He talked to her, "You're not like what your father said about you at all. Why did he have to lie?" The lady said, "For a long time my father had been looking for a good husband for me. He finally found you. He's impressed of how you felt so guilty and regretted over a small thing, and never gave up to ask for his forgiveness. He knew that you're the one, you have a good character."
They got married and had one son, whose name is Abu Hanifa. He was one of the greatest Islamic scholars. Masha Allah. :)
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