BEAUTIFUL STORY
quite long but please read it..!!!!
A long time ago in China , a girl named Li-Li got married & went
to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time,
Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at
all.Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered
by many of her mother-in-la... w’ s habits. In addition, she
criticized L......i-Li constantly.
Days passed, and weeks passed. Li-Li and her mother-in-law
never stopped arguing and fighting.But what made the situation
even worse was that, according to ancient Chinese tradition, Li-Li
had to bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All
the anger and unhappiness in the house was causing Li-Li’s poor
husband into great distress.
Finally, Li-Li could not stand her mother-in-law’s bad temper and
dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something about
it! Li-Li went to see her father’s good friend, Mr. Huang, who sold
herbs.She told him the situation and asked if he would give her
some poison so that she could solve the problem once and for
all.Mr. Huang thought for awhile, and finally said, “Li-Li, I will
help you solve your problem, but you must listen to me and
obey what I tell you.”
Li-Li said, “Yes, Mr. Huang, I will do whatever you tell me to
do.”Mr. Huang went into the back room, and returned in a few
minutes with a package of herbs. He told Li-Li, “You can’t use a
quick-acting poison to get rid of your mother-in-law, because
that would cause people to become suspicious Therefore, I have
given you a number of herbs that will slowly build up poison in
her body. Every other day prepare some delicious meal and put a
little of these herbs in her serving.Now, in order to make sure
that nobody suspect you, when she dies, you must be very
careful to act very friendly towards her. “Don’t argue with her,
obey her every wish, and treat her like a queen.” Li-Li was so
happy.She thanked Mr. Huang and hurried home to start her plot
of murdering her mother-in-law.
Weeks went by, and months went by, and every other day, Li-Li
served the specially treated food to her mother-in-law. She
remembered what Mr. Huang had said about avoiding suspicion,
so she controlled her temper, obeyed her mother-in-law, and
treated her like her own mother.
After six months had passed, the whole household had changed.
Li-Li had practiced controlling her temper so much that she found
that she almost never got mad or upset. She hadn’t had an
argument with her mother-in-law in six months because she now
seemed much kinder and easier to get along with.The mother-in-
law’ s attitude toward Li-Li changed, and she began to love Li-Li
like her own daughter. She kept telling friends and relatives that
Li-Li was the best daughter-in- law one could ever find. Li-Li and
her mother-in-law were now treating each other like a real
mother and daughter.Li-Li’ s husband was very happy to see what
was happening. One day, Li-Li came to see Mr. Huang and asked
for his help again She said, “Dear Mr. Huang, please help me to
keep the poison from killing my mother-in-law. She’s changed
into such a nice woman, and I love her like my own mother. I do
not want her to die because of the poison I gave her.”Mr. Huang
smiled and nodded his head. “Li-Li, there’s nothing to worry
about. I never gave you any poison. The herbs I gave you were
vitamins to improve her health. The only poison was in your
mind and your attitude toward her, but that has been all washed
away by the love which you gave to her.”
HAVE YOU REALIZED that how you treat others is exactly how
they will treat you? : “The person who loves others will also be
loved in return.”
Abu Hamzah Anas bin Malik (r.a), reported that the Prophet,
(sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
"None of you truly believes (in Allah and in His religion) until he
loves for his brother what he loves for himself"
[Al-Bukhari & Muslim]
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