"So WORK HARD to achieve her ! !"

Khaalid Ibn Safwan رضي اللّه عنـه saw a group in the Masjid of Basrah, & he said,

“What is this gathering?”

He was told,

“There is a woman who informs men about women who are available for marriage.”

He went to her & said,

“I want to marry a woman.”

She said,

“Describe her to me.”

So he described her saying,

“I want her to be a virgin who is wise like a married woman, or a married woman who is innocent like a virgin; she should be sweet when she is near, splendid when she is at a distance, she should have lived a life of luxury & then became afflicted with poverty – so she has the manners of the rich & the humility of the poor. When we gather wealth, we should be as the people of the world, & when we become poor, we should be as the people of the hereafter.”

She said,

“I KNOW of such a woman for you.”

He said,

“And where is she?”

She replied,

“In Paradise! So work hard to achieve her!”

{Taken from ‘Gems & Jewels’ pg. 23}