Little Steps

Me: "Jihad since your going to be here this weekend you can walk with Baba to the Masjid here for Jumah"

Jihad: "Baba likes to drive the car here."

Me: "But there are so many cars it is easier to walk."

Jihad: "Yea, but he takes the car anyway."

Me: "But you get more blessings if you walk."

Jihad: "Really?"

Me: "Yea with each step you get blessings for walking to prayer"

Jihad: "Than I'm walking! I'll take little steps too and get more blessings. Baba might say 'why are you going so slow' and I will say 'go ahead man take your big giant steps I'm taking little steps for more blessings'."

Me: (laughing) "Sounds like a plan."

Jihad: "So tell me more things I can do to get blessings because I want them all."

Me: "Listening to your mother gets you blessings."

Jihad: "No really tell me something else."

Me: "No really you get blessings for listening to your mom, she has the most rights over you. It says that 'heaven lies under the feet of your mother'."

Jihad: "But Baba doesn't listen to you."

Me: "Yea but I'm not Baba's mother." (Making mental note that I have to correct this latter as I just told him it is ok not to listen to your wife)

Jihad: "Ok but he doesn't listen to Jeddah either."

Me: "Than you tell Baba to listen because heaven lies under the feet of his mother."

He thinks for a moment.

Jihad: "Ok I believe you about this because you told me, but can you tell me something else that brings me blessings?"


Lesson learned from Kids #1268 the small things are easier to do and often overlooked but can actually count for so much. It is the bigger things that cause hesitation and may be a problem even when it will make your life so much easier.

Baba= Father

Jeddah= Mother of Father