Selfless Anger

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

This afternoon, my almost-9-year-old nephew was quite predictably the last to finish his meal. As he chased the spaghetti and meatballs around his plate with a pair of chopsticks, I asked him how he responds to anger. In response to my hypothetical scenarios, he said,

"I would do everything the same except I wouldn't be as happy."



يا الله
لك كل الحمد و لك كل الشكر
اللهم اِغفر لنا و اِجعلنا و أولادنا و أحبابنا من الصالحين
و اِهدنا الصراط المستقيم
آمين

4 comments:

Sketched Soul said...

Hum.. clearly we can learn a lot from an 8 year old.. I know, you said 9.. but I'm sure my math isn't off :/

Farzeen said...

Assalaamu'alaykum

Yes your math is right.. Mine isn't too off either.. I opted to say "almost 9" ;)

*Ahem* ...did you stay up late into the night way past your bed time to peruse my public writing arena? I'm touched! :)

Hajar Alwi said...

Salam sis!

Aww~ Now that's wisdom, masha'Allah!

Umm Abdullah said...

:)

"Do you think that you will enter the Paradise without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? They encountered suffering and adversity and were so shaken in spirit that even the Apostle and those of faith who were with him cried: 'When (will come) the help of God?' Ah! Verily the help of God is (always) near!" [2:214]

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