It has been reported that a Religious Scholar was attending the counsel of the Abasi Khalifa, Haroon El-Rasheed.  Haroon El-Rasheed said to him: “Give me good advise”.

The Scholar said: “Leader of the Believers, if you are travelling in a barren desert, and you ran out of water, what will you pay for a drink of water?”. 

Haroon El-Rasheed said: “Any thing, even my whole kingdom”.

Then the Scholar said: “Leader of the Believers, what if Allah held it inside you and you could not void it (could not urinate), what will you pay to void it?”

Haroon El-Rasheed said: “Any thing, even my whole kingdom”.

The Scholar did not speak.

Haroon El-Rasheed said: “Do you mean that my kingdom is not worth a drink a water Allah may give me to drink or relieves me from?” and he wept.

So, all our wealth, possessions and power is not worth any of Allah’s Bounties upon us like a drink of water, or any of Allah’s Mercies like passing of water (urine).

Dr.Ahmed Saafan