Bismillah, alhamdulillah.
Heard this lovely example on behavior last week at a Friday prayer sermon given in a mosque in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
A father left his son in his village and went off to work. The child went to some nearby caves to play. The cave was very dark and he was afraid there was someone inside,.
He shouted, 'Is anyone here?'
A voice replied, 'Is anyone here?'
The child asked surprised, 'What is your name?'
The voice replied, 'What is your name?'
The child was a bit annoyed at this answer and shouted, 'Tell me your name!'
The voice replied with same force, 'Tell me your name!'
The child then became angry and started to hurl abuse at the voice in the cave, the voice responded by hurling abuse back. The child left without entering the cave, angry that the voice inside had been so rude to him.
Later on his father came back and saw that there was something on his son's mind and asked him what was the matter, He told him about his experience in the cave. The father realised what had happened and took his son back to the cave and wished to teach him a lesson.
When they reached the cave the father shouted, 'Assalaamualaikum (peace be upon you)!'
The voice replied, 'Assalaamualaikum (peace be upon you)!'
The father continued, 'I hope you are well, and may God bless you.'
The voice replied in an equally considerate way, 'I hope you are well, and may God bless you.'
The father ended, 'God grant you a long life, goodbye.'
The voice replied, 'God grant you a long life, goodbye'.
The child was surprised. As they walked back he asked his father why the voice had been so rude with him but so polite with his father. His father replied, the way you behave with others affects the way they behave with you. You were angry and rude so the voice was angry and rude in return. I behaved well and that's why the voice was polite back to me.
The imam went on to give many examples of how actions eventually come back to a person both in this world and the next. Good rewared by good and vice versa.
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