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puzzling to me that they passed away in the manner that they did.. You see.. I heard that Allah in

his Grace/Mercy may inflict terrible pain to take away the sin of his servants.. sometimes He

took away the bad/cancerous part of our body to cleanse our sin or the meat that grew from ourbad sustenance(rezeki).. To have two deaths from cancer in a family spells something is not very

right... is it the food ?( the moment I realised that those words have left my lips.. I started to wish

that I was thousand meters in the sub-surface together with those drilling bits that were used todrill my exploration wells.. . my!... do I have to hit some raw nerves.. me and my super bigmouth.

"I believed you are right, son! " the old man interjected, leaving me with my mouth gaping a

huge O.

Some years ago, I opened a reasonably good restaurant in an upcoming town J Jaya.. selling the

normal mamak-fare and serve no liquor. There were two other restaurants nearby which serve

liquor.Every time a non- muslim customer or group of customers stopped by at my restaurant he

or they will ask if I sell liquor. On my negative response, he or they will go over to the other two

restaurants. This continued for three months. J Jaya was a new thriving township, the number ofpeople there then were not that many.. thus I have suffered some financial loss that if allowed to

continue might have forced me to close shop within the next two or three months. When I finallysuccumbed to the pressure and started selling liquors, those who sneered at me for not selling

liquor earlier became my staunch supporters bringing their friends and families to my restaurant.

Within a few weeks, I started to recover most of my previous losses" he told me in a rather firm

voice.

Those were the money that I used to provide my family , I have since sold the restaurant,

(after I have bequeathed the right to sell liquor) on hearing that my late daughter has contractedbreast cancer. My late wifes cancer was detected almost immediately after I sold the restaurant.

I then opened this roadside stall close to my house, although I did not make 1/4 of the money Iused to make on that restaurant, I am happy that at least I know the money is halal he continued.

"I have regretted my previous actions and has since really repented (taubat nasuha). .. but it is too

late.. I have already lost the two ladies that I loved very much he lamented.

Now that you have repented, maybe you should keep the story ofyou selling liquor in yourrestaurant to yourself.. Allah might have forgiven you on that issue, recounting it over and

over might undo your repentance. You might be late with your repentance with respect to the

two ladies but Allah has more or less cleanse them both, preparing them for a meeting with Him

.. I am sure they have been amply rewarded for their patience and perseverance (sabar). MyAllah bless them both and guide us to the right path I quickly chipped in.

The old man said Ameen and quickly moved away to serve his other customers.