WASTING THE EMPLOYER'S TIME IS A BREACH OF TRUST

Talking about work ethics, Al-Sheikh Zahrai, a renowned muslim scholar, said in his address to a Jumma congregation:

"Considering the muslim ummah as whole, the way work is done today in offices and business places is largely at a variance with the way Allah expects us to do some, consider it enough to be in a office on time and to stay there till the closing time, they do not bother to evaluate how effectively their time was utilized; were they productive or did they just while away part of their time in gossip and other wasteful activities, the latter is a Khayanat (breach of trust)".

Almost all of us are guilty of this breach. We need to realize it and take measures to avoid it.

Highway to Success

(M. Basheer Jumma)

The fence

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said “you have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.” You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there. Make sure you control your temper the next time you are tempted to say something you will regret later

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“Love your Parents”

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree.

A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday.

He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow...

He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

Time went by...the little boy had grown up,

And he no longer played around the tree every day.

One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.

"Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy.

"I am no longer a kid, I do not play around trees any more"

The boy replied.

"I want toys. I need money to buy them."

"Sorry, but I do not have money...

But you can pick all my apples and sell them.

So, you will have money.

" The boy was so excited.

He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily.

The boy never came back after he picked the apples.

The tree was sad.

One day, the boy who now turned into a man returned

And the tree was excited "Come and play with me" the tree said.

"I do not have time to play. I have to work for my family.

We need a house for shelter.

Can you help me?

" Sorry”,

I do not have any house. But you can chop off my branches

To build your house.

" So the man cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.

The tree was glad to see him happy but the man never came back since then.

The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day,

The man returned and the tree was delighted.

"Come and play with me!" the tree said.

"I am getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself.

“Can you give me a boat?"

“Said the man”.

"Use my trunk to build your boat.

You can sail far away and be happy.

" So the man cut the tree trunk to make a boat.

He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the man returned after many years.

"Sorry, my boy. But I do not have anything for you anymore.

No more apples for you...

" The tree said”.

"No problem, I do not have any teeth to bite

" The man replied.

"No more trunk for you to climb on"

"I am too old for that now" the man said.

"I really cannot give you anything...

The only thing left is my dying root,”

The tree said with tears.

"I do not need much now, just a place to rest.

I am tired after all these years" the man replied.

"Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest,

Come, come sit down with me and rest.

" The man sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...

This is you and the tree is your parent. !!!!!

“Love your Parents”

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