a boy

i feel the urge to tell a story about this boy, a boy whom i met only once in my life. But left me speechless with thoughts for a while.

Yesterday, aftr going to az-zahrah hospital area for a while we went to the other row of shops there bcuz my mom had to do some asking at the workshop near ariani (its the name of a shop which sells hijab). We decided to wait my mom while taking a look at those hijab (window shopping je i guess). As we walked to the shop i saw a kid (almost my age by the looks), a boy in specific near the front door of some bank, standing while holding litle boxes of raisins (kismis doa). Well the reaction was, ths boy wld stop us n ask us to buy some raisins for some charity in somewhat place. But surprisingly, he did not even once stop us bt just stand there showing the raisins for ppl who only want to buy them for real. I was shocked tat in fact, he even step aside a bit to make room for us to walk down the path. I catched a glimpse of him, he was wearing a songkok, a dark shirt wth no papers or advertisement in hand to promote some charity. N i wonder, wat was this kid doing here??

Eventually, while going back i stopped us n went to tat kid to buy some raisins, mayb becuz we dnt hv any left in the house. Or simply becuz i felt like helping tat boy....n i prayed, oh Allah. Please bless this boy in life.

Nowadays, we see a lot of ppl asking for money for some charity or simply becuz they want to eat. I once went to klcc n a guy came to us and asked for rm5 for food, n when we say no he followed us until we entered a shop for safety. (lol, i need a muraqib for tat). But these cases made us think tat some were only frauds, n when we do give them money for instance they ask for more. N some even got violent n intended to snatch our purse (it realy happened, trust me). Then other cases, a guy wth a songkok came to our house to ask for money n when we ignored him, he started mouthing cuss words like 'bodoh betul orang orang kaya je. Alahhh mintak sikit je lah kedekut! Bangang!' this is ludicrous in fact, rasulullah told us tat he never liked ppl who asks for thing (meminta-minta), kecuali setelah berusaha. Come one ppl, there must at least something tat u cld do like tat boy rather than asking for money simply like tat.. The arab adage goes, man jadda wa jada. Mayb u ll say tat i dont noe how it feels to be in their shoes, well dnt u wana get out from ur shoes as well?

Upon seeing tat boy, i gave myself a thought. My sister once said, 'kita bukan tak nak bagi sedekah bila orang dtg dkt rumah or something, bt we dnt noe the source. Kalau nak beramal, salurkan dkt tempat yg betul..' little boy, u gave me a gud lesson today. Tat when we hv money, we shld b looking at ppl who needed more money. When we are high above, we shld b looking at those who are lower than us. When we want tobuy unnecessary things like a rm1000 jubah for instance, we shld b thinking twice. Becuz we are one ummah (bukan 1 malaysia ye), n its our duty to help out each other, either in terms of tarbiah, or money, or moral support, or even in education.

Thank u to ths boy..