Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Shafi RA had a teacher Hazrat Mian Syed Asghar Hussain sahib RA who was one of the great saints of that time. Hazrat Mufti Shafi RA frequently used to visit him. One day when he visited him, Mian sahib said, Moulvi Shafi sahib, today we will not talk in Urdu, we will only talk in Arabic. Mufti Shafi RA says that he was quite surprised by his unusual request but because he respected Mian sahib so much he complied. As neither of them had as much command over Arabic as over Urdu and both had to make an effort to speak Arabic, the conversation that day was quite brief. They talked about essential things and then the conversation ended. Later Mian sahib explained, "I have noticed that when we sit together we start talking about a lot of topics and sometimes end up talking about unnecessary topics. Because neither of us is fluent in Arabic I thought that if we talk in Arabic we will only say what is absolutely essential and that way we won't say anything unnecessary."
Then Mian sahib said, "our situation is like that of a traveller who starts his journey with a lot of capital. If he had used that money wisely it would have helped him get to his destination safely. But he wasted a lot of his money on unnecessary things and has only got a little bit left while he still has a long way to go. Now he carefully spends every penny knowing that he has only so much left to get him to his destination. Similarly, we had started our journey with a lot of money which was time. We have spent so much of it on unnecessary gossip, chit-chat and conversations. Now we have only got a little time left, and we don't even know exactly how much, so I just wish to spend this time wisely on doing things which will make things easy for us when we get to our next destination.
Adapted from the talk"Be careful about what you say" by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
Then Mian sahib said, "our situation is like that of a traveller who starts his journey with a lot of capital. If he had used that money wisely it would have helped him get to his destination safely. But he wasted a lot of his money on unnecessary things and has only got a little bit left while he still has a long way to go. Now he carefully spends every penny knowing that he has only so much left to get him to his destination. Similarly, we had started our journey with a lot of money which was time. We have spent so much of it on unnecessary gossip, chit-chat and conversations. Now we have only got a little time left, and we don't even know exactly how much, so I just wish to spend this time wisely on doing things which will make things easy for us when we get to our next destination.
Adapted from the talk"Be careful about what you say" by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
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