THE POND OF MILK

Bismillah ir-rahman ir-rahim

Assalam alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatu

Once there was a king who told some of his workers to dig a pond inside his castle. Once the pond was dug, the king made an announcement to his people saying that one person from each household has to bring a jug of milk during the night and pour it into the pond. So, the pond should be full of milk by the morning and the king could distribute the milk to those in need in his kingdom. After receiving the order, everyone went home. One man prepared to take the milk to the castle during the night but he thought that since everyone will bring milk, he could just hide a glass of water and pour inside the pond. Because it will be dark at night, no one will notice. So he quickly went and poured the water in the pond and came back. In the morning, the king went to the pond and to his surprise the pond was only full, but full of water! What had happened was that everyone was thinking like the other man that, I don’t have to put the milk, someone else will do it.

Dear brothers and sisters in Islam, when it comes to assistance that will earn you reward to Allah, do not wait for someone else to help or think another will take care of it. Rather, it starts with you, we have to learn to be responsible too. So, change yourself to the way of Allah to serve Him and that will make the difference. Remember your reward is with Him, no good deed goes to waste.