Maulana Waheed-uddin Khan
It was evening time. A 12 year old boy entered his house, he was feeling very hungry, he was walking very fast thinking that he will reach his house eat food and subside his hunger, but when he asked his mother for food, the mother replied “At this time there is nothing available in the house to eat”. The father of the boy was a poor man. He used to work hard and earn a little. He used to earn a little every day and from that used to buy some food and bring it back home. This was his life, but on some days, the father could not earn anything so he used to return home empty handed. This day used to be without that meant that they had to starve. The financial status of this family could be summarized into the following phrase: If there is work, so is income, if there is no work, then there is a fast. After hearing the mother’s reply the boy got shocked. “I am feeling extremely hungry, and there is nothing to eat in my house,” he thought. He started thinking silently for some time. Then he asked “Don’t you even have 25 paisa?” the mother informed him that she did have 25 paisa “okay, please give me the 25 paisa” the boy said. He then took the 25 paisa from his mother. Then he filled a bucket with water, took two glasses, bought ice worth 25-paisa put it into the water and straight went towards the cinema. This was the summer season and mostly everyone is looking for water to drink, upon reaching there, he shouted “Cold Water” and started selling it. He water started selling fast. Some people paid him extra because he was a kid, after selling all the water when he reached home he had earned 15 rupees. (At that, time 15 rupees was a lot of money and poor household could afford a month’s expenditure with it). Now the kid started doing the same every day. In the day, the kid used to study hard at school, and in the evening he used to sell water or something else and earned money. He did this for 10 years. On one hand, he kept running the important works of the household and on the other hand, he kept completing his education. Today the case is that the kid has completed his education and has started a job. He gets a salary of 750 rupees per month. Along with that, he is still unwaveringly continuing his “Evening Business”. He is lining with his small family in very peaceful conditions. In his hardworking earning Allah has