little gestures, big love

"Assalamu'alaikum ustaz"

"Waalaikumussalam. Ramai geng" (quite a big gang you have there)

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"Ada bungkus? Ada nak tambah?" (Any takeaways? Any add-ons?)

"Ada 2 roti kosong. Tak tambah" (2 plain rotis. Nothing to add)

Why would anyone ask about takeaways and add-ons? It was a weird question, but i appreciate that the shaykh is being friendly.

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"Orang tadi dah bayar" (he paid for it already)

Ahhh, so that explains the takeaway question.

Upon hearing those four words, my heart shed a tender tear.

He paid for it.

To put it in another way: he, a prominent shaykh, a leader among the ranks of du'at, honoured you eventhough he hardly knows you.

To others that might only be worth a few ringgit. But to a jund majhul (unknown soldier) like me, that is more precious and poignant than attending daurahs every night of the week.

How true is this statement: a truthful man communicates to other truthful men more through his actions than through his tongue.

Afterwards i gave a message to him: "salam ustaz, jazakallah belanja roti canai pagi tadi (y)" (salam ustaz, thank you for the roti canai this morning)

And he replied.

"Antum orang mulia..allah sentiasa murahkan rezeki" (you are noble people..allah will always provide for you)

Allah.......


I will never delete that message :')