Muslema Purmul – A Construction Worker Who Want To Marry A Princess

There's a young man who's a construction worker, and he's

working on the construction of a masjid of a big grand mosque. And

at the completion of the construction of this masjid, the

Sultan who ordered the construction of the masjid, he

wanted all of the construction workers to leave. And the reason

is because his daughter had asked him, this is the princess, the

Sultan's daughter. She made a special request that after the

construction of this big, beautiful, grand Masjid is

finished, she wanted to be the first one to go into that masjid

and pray to rakaz in the musallah with no one else there. So this

was the request of the princess. So it's the masjid is finished.

The construction workers leave, and this one construction worker,

he was falling behind. He was late, and he didn't realize that

everyone else had already left, and they had allowed the princess

into the masjid to go pray.

So as he's leaving, he catches a glimpse of the princess inside the

Musala of the masjid praying two Rakas of NAF. And the scene was

just so incredible to him. It was such an amazing scene. And he

basically just fell in love with the princess. It was just a very

beautiful image to him. And he fell in love with her. And it

became more than that. He became infatuated with her. So when he

came home, he told his mother about what had happened, and he

said, You have to go to the Sultan and ask for the princess's hand in

marriage. And the mother said, I can't do that. You're a

construction worker. No one's like, you know, the Sultan's not

going to have him. His daughter marry you, but this construction

worker became infatuated. He couldn't work, he couldn't think,

he couldn't eat, he couldn't sleep. He was just in a miserable

state. And the mother out of fearing for her son and his well

being, she was she realized that if she doesn't do something, he

may die, because he's refusing food and water at this point. So

she goes to the palace, and she asks to speak to the Sultan. And

you know the guards, they turn her away, and she insists. And she

says, My son is going to die. I have to talk to the Sultan. So

finally, they let her talk to the Sultan, and she mentions the story

to the Sultan, and the Sultan asks that she come back with the

construction worker so they come back together. And he tells the

construction worker, after everyone leaves the masjid at

night time, after Aisha prayer, you have to come and pray. PM, in

this masjid for 40 nights, if you come and pray. PM, in this masjid,

for 40 nights straight, I will let you marry my daughter. And he said

there will be someone there to make sure that you come. And if

you miss a day, we'll know about it. So in 40 days, I want you know

if you fulfill your end of the bargain, I will let you consider

my daughter for marriage.

So the construction worker is excited, you know, this is a

chance at life. So he goes the first day, and he prays Qiyam in

the masjid after everyone leaves, and he goes the second day and the

third. And after a few weeks, he notices that he's getting better.

He's eating again. He's drinking again. He cares about life again,

and eventually he starts to really, really enjoy coming to the

masjid and praying Qiyam when everyone else has left to such an

extent that he starts to pray to Allah, that Allah never takes away

these beautiful moments that he has with him, alone in solitude,

praying to Him in the night. So 40 days pass, 50 days pass, 60 days

pass, 70 days pass, and eventually, the Sultan asks to see

the construction worker, and he says, How come you didn't come see

me? You fulfilled your end of the bargain. You prayed all 40 nights

we saw that you prayed. How come you didn't come and see me? And

the construction worker turns to the Sultan, and he says, before I

saw your daughter, my heart was empty, and the first thing of

beauty that my heart was exposed to was your daughter, and that's

why it grabbed onto that experience. But then, after I

started praying in the masjid for 40 nights, my heart witnessed a

beauty that was much greater than her, my heart witnessed a beauty

that it has never felt before.

And he tells the Sultan, he goes on to say, thank you so much for

offering me your daughter to consider, but I am happy where I

am, and I am in no need of her. And he goes on his way, and he

doesn't marry the princess because he had found a love and a beauty

and a happiness that was much greater than

just seeing the princess that one time.

Him. And this was the love of Allah subhana wa taala. This is

the beauty of a close relationship with Allah subhana wa taala. This

is something that only the one who has experienced it can really talk

about it, or can. And even if they were to try to talk about it, it

doesn't do it justice. And Ibn Taymiyyah, he talked about this,

he said the one who does not enjoy the Jannah of this life will not

enjoy the Jannah of the next life. And the scholars talked about,

what did Ibn Taymiyyah mean? And it's to this, this to be in a

state where the slave of Allah loves Allah so much and is pleased

with their Lord, and Allah loves his servant so much and is pleased

with his servant. And this is mentioned in the Quran radiallahu

anhu wahraduan. This is referring to the Companions, but it's this

mutual relationship of love with the Creator. When we talk about

the categories of sweetness of iman, that to love Allah, subhana,

wa Taala more than we love everyone and anything else,

including ourselves, is something that brings the sweetness of iman.

And you could think, how could loving someone other than myself

bring happiness only when it's Allah a.