A very beautiful woman who lived in Makkah Mukarramah was admiring herself in the mirror and asked her husband: \u201cIs there any man who will see my face and not be tempted by it?\u201d He replied: \u201cYes.\u201d She asked: \u201cWho?\u201d He answered: \u201cUbaid Bin Umair.\u201d She asked: \u201cWill you allow me to tempt and entice him?\u201d He agreed.<\/p>\n
She approached Ubaid Bin Umair pretending to ask him an important question. When they were in a corner of Musjidul Haram, she unveiled her face and it shone like the full moon. Ubaid (Rahmatullahi Alayh) asked her: \u201cO slave of Allah, what do wish to ask?\u201d She replied: \u201cPlease fulfil my desires as I am in love with you.\u201d Ubaid (Rahmatullahi Alayh) responded: \u201cI would like to ask you a few questions. If you reply truthfully, I will consider your request.\u201d<\/p>\n
She remarked: \u201cI will most certainly reply truthfully to as many questions as you wish to pose to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ubaid (Rahmatullahi Alayh) asked: \u201cIf the Angel of death comes to take your soul, would you be pleased that I fulfil your request at that time?\u201d She replied: \u201cBy Allah, never.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ubaid (Rahmatullahi Alayh) then said: \u201cYou have spoken the truth. If you are lowered into your grave and about to be questioned by the Angels, would you be pleased that I fulfil your request at that time?\u201d She replied: \u201cBy Allah, never.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ubaid (Rahmatullahi Alayh) then said: \u201cYou have spoken the truth. If you about to cross the bridge of Sirat and you do not know whether you will make it across, would you be please that I fulfil your request at that time?\u201d she replied: \u201cBy Allah, never.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ubaid (Rahmatullahi Alayh) then said: \u201cWhen the scales of deeds are set up and you do not know whether the scales of your good deeds are heavy or light, would you be pleased that I fulfil your request at that time?\u201d She replied: \u201cBy Allah, never.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ubaid (Rahmatullahi Alayh) then said: \u201cYou have spoken the truth. When you are standing before Allah to account for your deeds, would you be pleased that I fulfil your needs at that time?\u201d She replied: \u201cBy Allah, never.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ubaid (Rahmatullahi Alayh) then said to her: \u201cYou have spoken the truth. O slave of Allah, Fear Him, as He has bestowed you with many bounties.\u201d<\/p>\n
The woman then returned to her husband who asked: \u201cWhat happened?\u201d\u00a0 She replied: \u201cWe have been wasting away our lives until now.\u201d<\/p>\n
She then dedicated herself to salaah, fasting and other acts of worship. Thereafter her husband would often remark: \u201cWhat has Ubaid done to me? Every night she was like a bride, but now she has no inclination to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lesson: <\/strong>As humans we are often tempted towards acts of sin and immorality. Keeping the above mentioned points in mind before embarking on any sin will help greatly in suppressing the evil inclination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11899,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11898\/revisions\/11899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alhaadi.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}