Since it’s Mukhtar’s birthday week, allow me to share a special story…9 years ago, on Mukhtar’s 5th birthday, we brought him to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Bullring (Birmingham) by his request. Yes, he’s a simple boy. It has always been doughnuts and only doughnuts for his birthday - bless him!
Since it was his birthday, the manager gave a special hat and balloon to the birthday boy. Being an innocent 5-year-old kid, he was over the moon eating his dream doughnut, wearing a cool hat and holding a balloon with his other hand!
After enjoying his birthday treat, we headed home. While waiting at the train station, Mukhtar spotted a boy staring at him. Without a moment’s thought or a single word from his mouth, he walked over to this boy (bear in mind that this was a complete stranger to him).
Everything happened so fast. I was so surprised when he handed both his hat and his balloon to that boy. Even the boy’s mother was shocked to see such a spontaneous action, and thanked the 5-year-old Mukhtar for his random act of kindness. He then walked happily straight back towards me with a big smile on his face.
I asked him, still in shock, "Why did you do that? You got it for your birthday. Won’t you be upset?"
And guess what my 5-year-old son calmly replied?
"Don’t worry, Mummy, I’m ok. I will pray to Allah to give me hundreds of balloons in return!"
At that very moment, I couldn’t hold my tears. Not only because I am proud of my 5-year-old son, but I felt blessed that Allah has sent him to teach me to become a better person.
So that’s why whenever people praise us for successfully bringing up a kind-hearted boy, we simply feel that we don’t deserve to accept the praise, because for us, our son is the one who taught us to be kinder - MashaAllah ♥️
Blessed,
Mrs Mom
#wisemomsays
p/s: May God keep Omar Mukhtar, Fatimah, Ali, and all the other children around the world under His guidance and protection…
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