Short islamic stories: the religion of peace

The Challenge

True Touching Story....
There was once a man who was an
enemy to Islam. He had three
famous questions that no person
could answer. No Islamic scholar
in Baghdad could answer his
three questions...thus he made
fun of Islam in public.

He constantly ridiculed Islam and the
Muslims. One day a small boy,
who's age was 10, came along
and heard the man yelling and
screaming at Muslims in the
street. He was challenging people
openly to answer the three
questions.
The boy stood quietly and
watched. He then decided that he
would challenge the man. He
walked up and told the man, "I
will accept your challenge".
The man laughed at the boy and
ridiculed the Muslims even more
by saying, "A ten year old boy
challenges me. Is this all you
people have to offer!"
But the boy patiently reiterated
his stance. He would challenge
the man, and with Allah's help
and guidance, he would put this
to an end. The man finally
accepted.
The entire city gathered around a
small "hill" where open addresses
were usually made. The man
climbed to the top, and in a loud
voice asked his first question.
"What is your God doing right
now?"
The small boy thought for a little
while and then told the man to
climb down the hill and to allow
him to go up in order to address
the question.
The man says "What? You want
me to come down?"
The boy says, "Yes. I need to
reply, right?"
The man made his way down and
the small boy, age 10, with his
little feet made his way up.
This small child's reply was "Oh
Allah Almighty! You be my witness
in front of all these people. You
have just willed that a Kafir be
brought down to a low level, and
that a Muslim be brought to a
high level!"
The crowd cheered and screamed
"Takbir"...."Allah-hu-akbar!!!"
The man was humiliated, but he
boldly asked his Second
question... "What existed before
your God?"
The small child thought and
thought.
Then he asked the man to count
backwards. "Count from 10
backwards."
The man counted..."10, 9 ,8 , 7 ,
6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,0"
The boy asked, "What comes
before 0 ?"
The man: "I don't
know...nothing."
The boy: "Exactly. Nothing was
before Allah, for He is eternal and
absolute."
The crowd cheered again....

"Takbir!"...."Allah-hu-akbar!!!!"
The man, now completely
frustrated, asked his final
question. "In which direction is
your Allah facing?"
The boy thought and thought.
He then asked for a candle. A
candle was brought to him. The
blessed child handed it to the
man and asked him to light it.
The man did so and remarked,
"What is this supposed to prove?"
The young boy asked, "In which
direction is light from the candle
going?"
The man responded, "It is going
in all directions."
The boy: "You have answered your
own question. Allah's light (noor)
goes in all directions. He is
everywhere. There is no where
that He cannot be found.
"The crowd cheered
again...."Takbir!"...."Allah-hu-
akbar!!!"
The man was so impressed and so
moved by the boy's knowledge
and spirituality, that he embraced
Islam and became a student of the young boy.
So ended the debate.
Who was the young boy?
The young boy was one of our leaders and one of the greatest
scholars, Imam Abu Hanîfa (May Allah bless him).
This is also a stunning proof that knowledge is not based on the age of
the person, but by their will to learn.
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May Allah guide us aright to see the reality of Islam. Ameen