Story Of Helping A Dog

 

 

 

 

 

Story Of Helping A Dog

 

Narated By Abu Huraira RA: the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, "While a man was walking he felt thirsty and went down a well and drank water from it. On coming out of it, he saw a dog panting and eating mud because of excessive thirst. The man said, 'This (dog) is suffering from the same problem as that of mine. So he (went down the well), filled his shoe with water, caught hold of it with his teeth and climbed up and watered the dog. Allah (The One God) thanked him for his (good) deed and forgave him his sins." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving (the) animals? " The Holy Prophet replied, "Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate."

 

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Sahih Al Bukhari - Book of Distribution Of Water

Volumn 003, Book 040, Hadith Number 551.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hachiko, the Faithful Dog‏

 

In 1934, a bronze statue of a dog called Hachiko was erected at the Shibuya Train station in Tokyo, Japan. The story of this dog is mentioned below.

Hachiko was born in 1923 and was owned by Eisaburo Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. The professor used to take a train from the Shibuya Station every day to go to the university. Each day Hachiko accompanied the professor to the train station when he left for work. Upon returning, the professor would find the dog patiently waiting for his master and wagging its tail.

 

This happy routine continued until one fateful day in 1925, when the professor was taken ill on the job and unfortunately died before he could return home. As usual, the dog waited at the train station that day for his master to return back. However, seeing that he wasn't coming back, Hachiko waited till night fell and retuned back home.

 

The next day Hachiko went back to the train station again, waiting for his master to come back. He patiently waited till sunset and then retuned back home. The dog was so devoted to the professor that he continued to visit the train station everyday for the next 10 years! The people who passed the loyal dog each day were so touched by his story that they erected a statue in his honor in 1934.

In 1935, Hachiko died at the very same spot where he used to wait for his master.

 

 

 

Dear all, we should take a lesson from this story for ourselves. We are all creation of God and He is our sole Master, yet we strife for our own ways & worldly pleasures and being obstinate in yielding to God and His laws and some have gone so far as to deny even the existence of Allah (The One & Only God) but no man or woman is immortal in this world its a blatant fact and each will come to know the absolute truth at time of his or her death but it will be too late, painful reality it is but its the fact. Imagine your pet animal turning on you, being disobedient to you, not loving you & not abiding by the rules you set for it, what would you feel you feed it you nourish it and its being ungrateful to you, you'll be most likely punishing it or setting it straight or leaving it to its misery, but Allah (The One & Only God) is the Most High & Most Merciful, He forgive His servants those who turn to Him sincerely. Now, we should look deep into ourselves and check to see how much love we really have for God for our Master in our hearts.