Cold Night of King and a Poor Old Man.........

Once Upon A time a king went for hunting to the Woods far from his Palace. It was end of the year and the cold was at its peak. Following the prey as it was a special rare breed Black-Deers, king took lot more time and surpassed the evening. Now as it was quiet dark, King and his troop were rushing back to the palace. Horses were galloping and grunting fog like steam engines. Not only the cold, it also started to rain as-well so the troop and the king had to stop a small nearby tandoor(bread shop).

Soon when the rain got a paused they hurried and finally returned to the palace safe and sound. But the king had his mind stuck back at the tandoor(Bread Shop). There he had seen a poor old man sitting on the floor with torn dress and not even a piece of rug to protect his body from the shattering cold. With every blast of thunder King woke up and got more and more curious about the situation of that poor old man.

Next morning the first thing he did was to send a few horsemen to bring that poor old man. When the old man came King asked "Old man i could not sleep all night thinking about you, i wish to know how did you spend your night ??? "

Old Man replied "My Dear King, if i answer you with truth, you may then would order your men to kill me".

King said "You have my words old man, you will not be harmed in return of your answer".

And then the old man told "Dear King i spent half night just like you and half better than yours"

King was amazed at the answer and said i sleep in most comfy silk and fur beds which is as cozy as a teapot while you on the other hand did not have even a torn piece of blanket so how can you spend the night like me or better than me ?

The old man revealed "My king, As long as the tandoor(stove) was hot at the bread shop, i kept sleeping just like you, After mid night when the stove got cold, i was awakened by the increasing cold and kept on PRAYING to ALL MIGHTY ALLAH. This is how i spent half night better than yours"

{And during the night wake up and pray, as an extra offering of your own, so that your Lord may raise you to a [highly] praised status.} (Quran 17:79)