Indeed Allah swt Sends What We Need

25/11

Al-hamdoulillah I'm back from my holiday - it was really nice. My brother informed me that I have lost my "moon-tan" and am now "lobster" (men are so creative) --> it really really hurts :(

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Now, no lovely event can be complete without its own drama... So my holiday drama:

I was driving back from [where I was] and I noticed I had half a tank of petrol - I thought "no need to fill up, it took less than half a tank to get here". Pleased with myself I resolved that I would fill up on Tuesday. Anyway, so 2.5 hours into the drive and two disasterous wrong-turns later, I am on the final stretch of freeway (only about an hour and twenty till I reach home), and my fuel light comes on. I immediately went into a mild state of panic - I know (from experience) that there is no petrol station between where I am and the end of the freeway (about 40mins away). So I put my little go-machine in 6th and stopped accelerating as much (hoping to roll along), and then I notice that the little light has gotten about 75% brighter and I really need to do something or else I'm pretty screwed. Pass [freeway exit A], no servo. Pass [freeway exit B], no servo. Get to [freeway exit C] and see a little blue sign for a servo. So I swing off the highway and motor down this winding little road - for about ten minutes - then I arrive at the servo... its CLOSED! I couldn't believe it, I picked up the phone to call Dad to ask him where the nearest one could possibly be (Daddy knows a lot of things Al-hamdoulillah) - only to realise that I can make EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY! I almost cried.

So I decided that if I tried to get back to the freeway and hold on to [the start of civilisation] that I'd probably end up stuck on the side of the road with no one to save me and it would be getting dark - not a good idea. So I decided to continue down the little windy road I was on, hoping that there would be another damn servo, preferably one that was open.

So anyway, I was about a kilometre on from the closed servo and I realise that there probably won't be another servo. I saw a bloke mowing his lawn and decided to pull over to ask him where one might be. He told me that there wasn't one, that the closest was [town D on outskirts of civilisation]- about 20-25km. I almost cried again. I guess he took pity on me, because after I mentioned that the petrol light had been on for the last half hour and was desperate, the next thing he said was "I have about three litres for the mower, you could take that if you like" - AL-HAMDOULILLAH YA RABB! I almost cried (again) lol. Anyway, I offered to pay him for it, he said no - which made me feel really bad, I was wondering what good I had done which had made Allah swt decide to save me from my own stupidity. So I eventually made it to [town D on outskirts of civilisation] where I filled up, and now I'm home. Al-hamdoulillah.

It's amazing, when "the divorce" occurred one of my friends said to me "Allah swt sends us the people we need when we need them" - I have never been so sure of that in my life.

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Al-hamdoulillah, I filled in my application for accomodation for my journey - kher insha'allah.

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Ya Allah, grant the man with the mower the greatest of rewards - al-hidayah. Ya Allah have mercy on me, protect me, and guide my family to Islam. Ya Allah make me one of your righteous slaves and purify my heart.
Amin.