The following is an incident about an engine failure in a
giant ship. The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but none of them
could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had
been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools
with him and when he arrived, he
immediately went to work. He inspected
the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
Two of the ship’s owners were there, watching this man,
hoping he would know what to do. After
looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small
hammer, He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life He
carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners
received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
“What ?!” the owners exclaimed. “He hardly did anything!”
So they wrote the old man a note saying, “Please send us an
itemized bill.”
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer $2.00
Knowing where to tap $9998.00
Effort is important, but knowing where to make
an effort in your life makes all the difference. Knowledge in Islam is highly
valued. Knowledge will benefit us in this world and in the here after
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