Strength and Ethics - Tales To My Grandchildren - القوة والأخلاق حكايات لأحفادى

Strength and Ethics: Stories for My Grandchildren One day, my grandson Yusuf came to me upset with a broken toy car. He cried, with tears in his eyes and a look of anger, "My friend Imran broke my toy car!" I said to him, "Oh no! Are you angry about your toy being broken?" I turned and looked over at Imran, who was standing in a corner upset and confused and he said, "Yusuf, I'm sorry. I did not mean to break it." Yusuf responded angrily, "But you pushed down so hard on it that you broke its wheels off." So I said to Yusuf, "Yusuf, you have a right to feel upset, but you're being angry will not fix the situation. So instead, let's do something that will actually fix the problem, and ask your dad to put the wheels of the toy car back on. And what's even more important than this, is that Imran is your beloved friend and he has apologized to you. Don't forget how much you love him and enjoy playing with him." Yusuf replied, "I will never play with him again! How will his saying sorry help me?"

I responded to my grandson, "My Dear Yusuf, a man once came to the Prophetﷺ and said, 'Advise me.' The Prophetﷺ replied, 'Do not get angry.' On another occasion, the Prophet ﷺ saw an angry man and he said, 'I know something, that if this angry said it, the anger he feels will go away.' The companions asked, 'What is that phrase?' The Prophetﷺ replied, 'He should say 'Authubillahi Minushaytaan Nirrajeem.'" So when Yusuf heard her say this, he began to get a hold of his anger and he said, "Authubillahi Minushaytaan Nirrajeem." I told him, "Why don't you call all of your friends together and we will narrate more stories of the Prophetﷺ. Yusuf was so happy and motivated to bring his friends to hear about the Prophet ﷺ that when his grandmother suggested this, he bolted off like a lightning flash calling them saying, "Everyone come and listen to the seerah!" All the friends came together to listen with a renewed sense of harmony. I told them, "I will talk to you about Sulh-Al-Hudaybiyya. Have you ever heard of it?" One of the children named Sa'd asked a question that showed his innocence and his lack of awareness, so what he said was funny. He asked, "Who is Al-Hudaybiyya? Is it the Hunchback's wife?" 

القوَّةُ والأَخلاق.. حكايات لأحفادي-جدَّتي.. عِمرانُ كسرَ لِي السَّيَّارة..هكذا كانَ يوسفُ يصرخ، وقد احْمرَّ وَجْهُهُ من الغَضبِ. نظرتُ إلى سيَّارتِهِ الَّتي حَمَلها بين يديهِ وقد سقَطَتْ عَجلاتُها من أماكِنِها.. قلتُ: أُوه.. إنَّكَ غاضِبٌ من أجلِ سيّارتِك؟التَفَتُّ إلى عِمرانَ الّذي وقفَ في زاوِيةِ الغُرفةِ مُرتبِكاً فقال: أنا آسِف.. لم أقْصِدْ أن تَنْكَسِر. احتجَّ يوسفُ مُغضَباً: لقد ضَغَطتَ عليها بقوَّةٍ حتَّى سَقطَتْ عَجلاتُها.- يوسفُ عندكَ حقّ، ولكنَّ الغَضبَ لن يصلِحَ السيَّارة، سَنطلُبُ من بابا أن يحاوِلَ إِصلاحَها، ولكنَّ الأهمَّ من ذلك أنَّ عمرانَ حبَّابٌ وقد اعتذرَ منك، وهو صَديقُكَ الَّذي تحبُّه وتلعبُ معَه.قالَ يوسفُ بِحِدَّة: لن أَلعبَ معهُ بعدَ الآن.. وماذا يُفيدُني أَسَفُه؟!- اِسمَعْ يا حَبيبي: جاءَ رجلٌ إلى رسولِ اللهِ ? فقالَ له: أَوْصِني.. فقالَ ?: لا تَغضَبْ.. ورأَى النَّبيُّ ? رجُلاً غاضِباً فقال: إنِّي لأَعلَمُ كلمةً لو قالَها لذهبَ عنهُ ما يجدُ من الغَضب، فسأَلهُ أصحابُه: ما هيَ؟ قالَ ? : أَعوذُ باللهِ من الشَّيطانِ الرَّجيم.بدأَ يوسفُ يتماسَكُ وهوَ يقول: أعوذُ باللهِ من الشَّيطانِ الرَّجيم.. قلتُ: هل ستنادِي الجميعَ كي نُتابعَ حِكايتنا معَ محمَّدٍ ?؟ اندفعَ يوسُفُ كالبَرْقِ وهوَ يُنادي: تعالَوا إلى الحِكاية. والْتأمَ شَملُنا من جديد، فقلتُ: سنتحدَّثُ اليومَ عن صُلْحِ الحُديبِيَة، هلْ سمعتُم به؟سألَ سعدٌ ببراءَة: الحُديبيةُ.. هل هيَ زوجَةُ الأَحدَبِ جدَّتي؟