Two Sacs of Dust !

There was once a rich and powerful king called Hakam

II who ruled over Spain. One day he was riding

around his country when he saw a beautiful piece of

land. It belonged to an old widow who refused to sell it.

Hakam had evicted her and began construction of a large palace on it.

The old lady went to the judge for help. He told her he had an idea but that she would have to

wait.

When the palace was complete, Hakam arranged a party in it and invited many

people, including the judge . They arrived with magnificent

presents but the judge arrived on a donkey with two

empty sacks and asked Hakam for two favours.

Hakam said he would oblige, so the first request the judge made was to be allowed to fill his two sacks with earth from

the palace garden. Hakam agreed. Once they were full

the judge then requested Hakam to load the sacks

onto the back of the donkey.

The request was strange but Hakam agreed.Though he heaved and pulled,

Hakam could not lift the heavy sacks. “I’m sorry my friend, but I cannot

lift these sacks!”.

The judge replied, “If you cannot lift these two sacks today, how will you carry the weight of this whole garden and palace on the Day of Judgement when Allah asks you why you took it from

the widow?” Hakam realized his mistake, apologized to the widow

and returned her land to her, with palace and presents.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: “Whoever seizes any portion of land

unlawfully will be swallowed up by it on the Day of Resurrection, and will sink to

the seventh earth.” [Bukhari]

Jazak Allah Khair