It was a sunny saturday afternoon. My friend was taking his two little boys to play minituare golf. He walked up to the fellow at the ticket counter and said, "How much is it to get in?"
The young man replied, "£3.00 for you and £3.00 for any kid over the age of six. We let them in for free if they are six or younger. How old are they?"
My friend replied, "The one is three and the other is seven, so I guess I owe you £6.00."
The man at the ticket counter said, "Did you just win the lottery or something? You could have saved yourself thre pounds. You could have told me the older one is six. I wouldnt have known the difference."
"Yes, that may be true, but the kids would have known the difference."
What would you have done in that situation? What would you have taught them?
In challenging times when ethics are more important than ever before, mak sure we set a good example for everyone we work and live with, especially our young eyes and ears.
The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Four traits whoever posesses them is a hypocrite and whoever posesses some of them has an element of hypocrisy until he leaves it; the one who when he speaks he lies, when he promises he breaks his promise, when he disputes he trangresses and when he makes an agreement he violates it." [Bukhari and Muslim]
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