When I visited them last time...

📌When I visited them last time, I had not been dead even a week, but inspite of it, whatever they were doing was only for their own sake." Haadi said, "No, you must go there today. I'm sure they must have remembered the Holy Prophet's tradition that 'Remember your dead with good (deeds or words'). 'And if you go there they might recall you, since it might cause Allah to remind them of you. And even fl you have lost hopes of their helping you, at least have hopes from Allah.

If one keeps knocking, the door is bound to yield. And never lose hope. in Allah, 'Allah's mercy is close to the Good-doers'. On Haadi's insistence, I went to my old home. I saw that the name, respect and position ft had held in the past were no more. The gate was closed to the public unlike the way it had been in the past. My family's earning and livelihood had dwindled almost to nil. My children lay listless and none came to inquire their welfare, ft saddened me beyond words.

Compulsively, I turned towards Allah: 'O Most Merciful, have pity on my children and myself, because you are the lord of all'. It seemed as if my praying for them refreshed my remembrance in their hearts because they started recalling me and the good time they had in my lifetime. They wept and prayed for me.

(When a person's mind attentively concentrates on another it is possible that it causes the other to compulsively think of him.) When I returned, I found a beautiful and healthy horse standing besides Haadi. I asked Haadi where it had come from, and he replied smilingly, "your family prayed for you and God's blessing has come to you in this form. "And it is just as well because it would have been very difficult to continue our journey on fool.

Also your prayer for your family has been granted and henceforth they will live in comfort and well-being. "You can see yourself how beneficial your visit has proved for all of you. It seems that on Earth people are careless about praying for each other as they are ignorant of its benefits.

The Holy Prophet has said 'If three days pass without people inquiring the well-being of each other then the bond of faith between them breaks." I returned to my room and was pleasantly surprised to find a beautiful and lovely maiden sitting on the couch. Her eyes were bright and her shining face seemed 10 illuminate the whole room. Haadi announced, 'This maiden has been wed to you and especially sent here for tonight from the Valley of Peace', So saying, he left.

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