And give you a realistic example of what I am
saying, because if I spoke about the concern of the predecessors and the sincerity of the
predecessors and their keenness to obey and stay away from
sin, many of us might find this too much and say, “You are
speaking to us about a time that is different from the present time and about a reality that is
different from reality.” Tell us about the Companions and the
Salaf, and you see that we live in a time in which
sins have increased and faults have accumulated and in which fear
of the Knower of the Unseen has decreased. Nevertheless, I say, “By God, if you are
truthful with God, He will be truthful, and by God, if you turn to Him, He will grant you success
and aid you in obedience, and even provide for you a way out of every distress and a way out of
every worry. So be truthful with God, the Most High, the
Most Great.” A virtuous sister of
ours in
Egypt spoke to me. Her
husband was absent for some reason, and she was blessed with a daughter. She is a poor family,
but she is extremely righteous, worshipful, faithful, and
obedient. She said to
me, “The daughter became ill and I do not have the money for medicine
because my father, my daughter, and I went without
dinner. The daughter’s temperature rose very high.” She said, “I
was doing the
following: I put compresses of cold water on
my daughter’s face and body.” Continue two rak'ahs. When you finish the
two rak'ahs, change the water compresses. Thus, pray two
rak'ahs and seek refuge in Allah. Change the water compresses
on your daughter's face and body. She says, "By Allah, Sheikh
Muhammad, it is almost half past one. Where is Laila?" She heard a
knock on the door. She says, "So my father hurried and I put on my hijab
quickly. I hurried after my father. Who is knocking
on the door now?" The man says, "
Doctor, doctor, doctor." She says, "We opened the door and
found a doctor carrying his bag. Peace be upon
you. Peace be upon you. Where is the sick girl? Come in, doctor." He
entered, examined the girl, wrote down the medication, and then
went out. He stood in front of the door for a minute. Two minutes passed and
the woman was embarrassed to close the door while the man was standing. The
doctor said to the sister, "Come on, sister, quickly." She said, "
What do you want, sir? He said, "I want the examination fee." She
said, "By
Allah, I am sorry, doctor. By Allah, I do not have a
single pound. I do not have the cost of the examination." He said to her, "
You have no life. You do not have the cost of the examination. You
call me on the phone at half past one and
wake me up from my sleep." Why did she say I am sorry
doctor, by God I did not call you because I do
not have a phone in the house? He said by God, is
this not so-and-so’s house? She said to him no, this is the door
next to us, by God no, this is
this door. He stood and said no, no, no, would you
allow me to come in another time? He
said tell me what the pain is, by
God God did not take me out except for you or your
daughter. So she cried and told him her story and her situation, so the
doctor cried and went out and brought the medicine and
dinner and made a monthly salary for this righteous woman. She
said to me, by God, O Sheikh, when my
husband returned from this ordeal that he was in, I took my
husband and we went to this righteous man to thank him and we
said we do not need a salary anymore,
God Almighty will protect us. She said by God, and we are a poor family, so
most of the days we would not find food
or dinner. She said, so I would tease my husband
and say to him do not find a trip from them so that
God may
provide for us, and if you are truthful with God, He will be truthful with you. I ask God
Almighty to make me and you among the truthful.