A mere coincidence - (A)Theist Point of View

I was walking out of the Al-Haram (the Ka'bah in Makkah) and saw a man begging from
everyone whosoever passed by him.

A man who had parked his tinted Mercedes excessively close to the Haram in a designated VIP parking walked passed by the beggar on his way to get back to his car. As he pulled the keys out and the alarm did the 'whup whup', the beggar raised his finger to the sky and said, "Please, for the sake of Allah!"

Trying to end the moment and avoid a dip into the pocket, the Mercedes man said back, "Allah will provide!"

The beggar replied: "What! Did you at any moment think that I thought YOU were my provider! I'm not asking for your provision, I KNOW Allah will provide for me."
The two stood there staring at one another for a moment and then the Mercedes tinted windows came up and the man drove away.

An ordinary African sister who was sitting nearby on the street selling clothes was moved by the incident. She did not have much, but from what she did have, she pulled out a riyal and placed it in the hands of that beggar.

He smiled and went on his way.

Possibly, Meanwhile the Mercedes man could not drive on with the choke of guilt.
I saw him come back made his way through the crowd to the place where the incident had happened.
I saw with as he pulled out a 10 riyal bill from his briefcase to give it to the beggar, and he looked left and right but could not find him. What was he to do?
He had already pulled out the bill to give for the sake of Allah and was not going to put it back. So he found the nearest person he thought was worthy of the bill, placed it in her lap and went on his way.

The 10 riyals sat in the lap of the African sister who had given the riyal to the beggar!

The Messenger had said that Allah's injunction is:

"O my servants ! Spend and you will be given." [Bukhari, Muslim]

The Messenger said that "Charity does not diminish wealth." [Tibrani]

(May Allah Give you Reward)

P.S:
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- Quite and Quite entirely off, from my normal posts.
This mail was shared by one of my close friend, with a condition that i must put this up on my blog, without knowing the content in it - i accepted, and frankly i had to keep my promise to her.


Insane Lesson:
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Rushing into promises could take a toll, if you are a man of words. (Ewwwwwww!!)