Story of a Woman

There was this beautiful woman, who wanted to get married, but she wanted a
very pious husband, so she said that she’ll marry the man who recites the
whole Quran every single day, fasts for the whole year and stays awake and
worships Allah all throughout the night.

She was a very beautiful woman, and a lot of suitors wanted to marry her,
but they knew they couldn’t fulfill the conditions she set. Until this one
man stepped forward and said he could fulfill them. So the Imam got both of
them married.

After the first night of the marriage, the wife sees that the husband
doesn’t recite the whole of the Quran, nor does he fast, nor does he stay
awake in the worship of Allah, she decided to let it roll on for a few
weeks to see if there were any changes, there weren’t, so she filed a
complaint and asked for a divorce.

They are both taken in front of the judge, and the judge asked, ‘What were
the conditions of the marriage?’ the man replied ‘They were for me to
recite the whole Quran daily, keep fast for the whole year and to worship
Allah all throughout the night.’

The Judge asked, ‘ did you fulfill them? The man calmly answered, ‘…yes.’

The judge answers, ‘you lie, your wife has said that you don’t, that’s why
she’s asking for a divorce’.

But the man insisted that he had fulfilled the conditions, so the judge
asked, ‘did you recite the full Quran every day?’ The man answered yes. The
Judge, baffled asked, ‘how? How can you do that?’ The man coolly answered,
‘I recite Surah Ikhlas three times a day and according to Prophet Muhammad
(), reciting Surah Ikhlas three times is equivalent to reciting the
whole Quran.’
The Judge was intrigued, so he asked, ‘how did you fast the whole year?’
The man answered, ‘ I fasted for the whole month of Ramadan, then kept
another six fasts in the month of Shawwal, according to Prophet Muhammad
(), keeping all of the fast of Ramadan then keeping six fasts in the
month of Shawwal, is as if you have fasted for the whole year.’

The Judge remained silent, he couldn’t give a reply saying the man was
wrong, so finally he asked, ‘ how did you stay awake all night and worship
Allah, when your wife saw you sleeping?’ The Judge thought the man wouldn’t
be able to answer this one, but the man, cool as a cucumber answered, ‘I
prayed Salatul Isha with jamaat, then the next day prayed Salatul Fajr with
jamaat, according to Prophet Muhammad (), the one who prays Salatul Isha
and Salatul Fajr with jamaat, it is as if he had stayed up all night worshipping Allah.’

The Judge sat there looking at the man; the final verdict was about to be
released…

He said to the man and his wife, ‘…go, just go, there is nothing wrong with
this marriage’…

Moral of the Story- Islam is not hard, it’s great < “And We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember; then is there any one who will remember (or receive admonition)?”----Surah: Al-Qamar (54): Ayah # 17[u]

I have heard this story many times, and each time I hear it I find it beautiful, and smile realising how easy Islam really is.

The rewards pile up for us, inshaAllah, on the Day of Judgement, mountains high, simply by remaining constant in our deeds, even if they are small.

The greatest miracle one can perform is remaining consistent in his deeds, and the most beloved deeds in the eyes of our Lord are those done regularly, day in and day out. InshaAllah we will all remain steadfast and consist in our deen and deeds.