Absolute Truth
Few months ago, there was a small reunion of my old friends. Alhamdullilah, I was able to attend that reunion. Everyone is updating the others of the latest stories of their lives. I just want to share a little story here. One of my friends (a Nigerian guy) , he was the appointed as the Imam of one of the mosques in Makkah, the place where we lived. In one night, after Isha’ prayer, one of old people came to my friend and asked him: “Do you study Qur’an under an Egyptian Sheikh?” My friend replied: “No. But why do you ask?” The old man said: “Because when you recite the Qur’an, you take proper care of every single letter you pronounce. It sounds like how the recitation of Egyptian sheikhs.” My friend said with a smile: “As I told you, I didn’t study with an Egyptian. But the one who taught me studied with one of the famous Egyptian sheikhs.” I really miss him…someone whom I used to see every day for more than three years. And now, it’s been five years and I’ve seen him or eve