Monday, July 30, 2007

The Boy who threw stones at trees (Monday 30-07-2007)


    The Boy who threw stones at trees

    There was a boy who lived in the city of Madinah, who loved the taste of dates. He would do almost anything to enjoy dates fresh from the tree.

    Just outside the city was a beautiful pool, an oasis. Round the pool there were many palm trees. And on the palm trees grew the dates which the boy loved so much.

    Each day the boy slipped away from his friends and went by himself to the oasis. There he took out a handful of stones which he had collected during the day. He chose a tree where he could see the dates hanging, ready to eat.

    Selecting a stone with care, the boy took aim and threw it hard at the tree. With luck he would hit the tree just right, and a date would fall to the floor, ripe and juicy.

    Then he would choose another stone, and another, until lots of dates lay in the sand around, leaning against the tree and ate his fear of fresh dates. He never thought about the damage he had caused to the trees. He never imagined that the trees might never grow fruit again, at that they might even die.

    When the people who owned the trees came to check their fruit, they were very surprised. Each day there were fewer dates to be seen. Each day the trees looked less and less healthy. They decided to watch the trees for a whole day, to see what was happening.

    They were curious when the boy arrived to throw his stones and eat his dates. They were angry when they saw what he was doing to the beautiful trees. No wonder they did not look healthy. The owners stepped out of their hiding place and took hold of the boy. He was surprised, and a little frightened. They were angry, and a little confused. They did not knew what to do, "let’s take him to Prophet Muhammad," one said "He will knew what is right."


    Standing in front of The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam), the boy was afraid. He was usually very well behaved and had never been in serious trouble before. But he did love fresh dates. And it was easy to knock them out of the branches with stones.

    Prophet Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) looked at the boy. He spoke very quietly, because he was not angry.

    He could tell that the boy loved dates so much that he did not think about damaged he had caused to the trees.

    "Why do you throw stones at trees? Don’t you know it hurts them?" The boy said he was sorry. He had not thought about the trees. He only thought about the delicious taste of the dates.


    "Why don’t you wait," said Prophet Muhammad, "until the dates are really ripe, and fall from the trees themselves. They will taste even better."

    The boy smiled. He could still enjoy his dates. The trees would stay healthy, and grew more dates next year. And sure enough, the boy found that the dates he picked up from the sand the trees tasted wonderful.


    Key Ideas: Respect for nature, Respect for other people's wealth and property, correct adab and tarbiyyah.


    Source :http://www.geocities.com/mutmainaa/kids/story.html



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30 Responses to "The Boy who threw stones at trees (Monday 30-07-2007)"
  1. Anonymous said...
    11:13 AM, July 30, 2007

    There was once a boy who loved dates.He woud do almost anything to eat those dates. Outside of the city where the boy lived there was a pool, an oasis. Around the pool there were palm trees that dates grew on. Everyday the boy left his friends and went to the trees. He would pick a stone carefully and throw it right at the tree. Then if he hit the tree just right a date would fall to the ground . Then he would chose another stone and throw it at another tree. He never realised how much dmage he had done to the tree.The trees might die or they might never grow fruit again. Everyday when the owners of the tree came to check on their trees and they were surprised everyday because there were less and less dates everyday. Finally all the owners decided to hide one day and see what happens. When the boy came and started to throw stones one of the owners came and grabbed the boy by the neck and started yelling at him. Then the owner said he would bring the boy to the prophet.The boy was sad because he had never been in any serious trouble.When the boy got to the prophet the prophet talked very softly because he was not angry. He told the boy not to throw stones and wait until the dates fell down themselves.

  2. Anonymous said...
    12:21 PM, July 30, 2007

    there was a boy who loved dates.he woul do anything to get tdates.out side of the city there was a palms trees and one of the trees had dates on them every day he would run away from his friends and get the dates one the guy who owned the place the boy never was bad and never got in big troulble standing beside him was the prophet but the prophet was not mad at allthe was sad and never did that again

  3. Anonymous said...
    12:36 PM, July 30, 2007

    The story is about this boy who
    loves dates so everyday the boy
    will sneak away from his friends
    and go to the pool an oasis and
    around the pool there is plam
    tree so he will pick a stone
    and hit it right to the tree
    and a date will fall right out
    and he will start eating it
    and the boy wont care of the
    damge he did .so the the people
    saw the damge the boy was doing
    so they decide to hide behinde
    the plam trees and then the boy
    came and he did the same thing
    than the people saw and took him
    the prophet the prophet told the
    boy not to do that again.

    Hibaq

  4. Anonymous said...
    12:58 PM, July 30, 2007

    What i learned about this story is that their was a boy ho liked dates and then one day he whant finding dates ho where attached to trees and he took some roks and started to trow at the tree.He never new that the tree coud be damage and so he contenoud. Some dates fall down so he eat them.The next day the oner has suprised that their were little were still there.The people nodest that it was dameged and not healthy. Then the boy came and started to trow some stones and the people were angry and he rushed in the boy and bringed him to the prohet.Then the boy was sorry to do this so he was carful from the trees.

  5. Anonymous said...
    1:30 PM, July 30, 2007

    what i learn about this story is a boy who love dates.He eat dates alots.One time out side of the city.there wast have a pool whits some tree who got in side the tree some dates.he wast on the tree and sleeping there.A day he got some stones and trew at these tree.when the people arrive there was suprise.there looked at there tree.there tree was not healfte.so the people when to the prophet.the prophet say dont trow some stone to these tree.and the prophet say to be carful frome these tree.

  6. Anonymous said...
    2:04 PM, July 30, 2007

    what i learned about this story is that their is this boy that loves dates and one day he found a tree ho have louds of dates and he eat them.Then a owner of the tree got made of the boy and he broud him to the prophet and the boy was sorry

  7. Anonymous said...
    2:22 PM, July 30, 2007

    Wht i learned is that there was a boy who loved the taste of dates and would do anything for it so when he found a tree that grew the dates he threw rocks at it and took the dates till oneday the owners found out and took him to prophet muhamed who told the boy to wait till the dates were done growing so that the tree would be heathy and the dates would be ripe

  8. Anonymous said...
    2:29 PM, July 30, 2007

    what i learn about this story their was a boy who loved date.He would do almost anything to eat those date.once he lived in a city of madinah' there was pool , an oasis.In the pool therte was a trees date grew.Everyday the boy left his friend and whent to the tree. he pick a stone carefully and trow it rigth at the tree.

  9. Anonymous said...
    2:33 PM, July 30, 2007

    their once was a boy who loved to eat dates he would almost do anything for those delicous dates around the pool their were dates that grew on them.so everday he would take a stone and aim and throw it on the tree a date would fall of and he would take it the owners of the trees got suspicious and watched for one day to see what will happen.they found the boy and took him to the prophet he was never in serious trouble so he got scared the prophet asked him why he steals them the boy said it tastes so good the prophet said let it fall of itself then it will taste better everybody was happy

  10. Anonymous said...
    8:48 PM, July 30, 2007

    There was a boy he loves dates they very sweet to him , so I understand that he loves dates, because it is like us likeing candy. The would to anything to get them down so he throw it and the pepole that own it got mad so the people took the boy to prophet s.a.w. said do not take stuff that does not belong to you.

  11. Anonymous said...
    9:28 PM, July 30, 2007

    Do not throw rocks at tree's. And if you throw rocks the tree wouldnt grow dates. And if doesnt grow dates you will not have dates to eat from the tree, because you are throwing rocks at them. The lesson is to respect nature and others property.

  12. Anonymous said...
    9:44 PM, July 30, 2007

    there was a boy woh livd in the city. he liked eating dates.evryday he left his friend and whent to the plam trees.

  13. Anonymous said...
    9:55 PM, July 30, 2007

    There was a boy who lived madinah.The boy saw a pool but it was palm tree.The tree grew so mach the boy love it.Sometime the boy did't go to hes friends and the boy got hand ful of stones.The boy threw a rock at a tree.The boy said sorry and the boy was happy.

  14. Anonymous said...
    10:21 PM, July 30, 2007

    A boy always throw stones a tree to get some dates. The owner was mad, he made a plan to make someone not throw stones at the tree. One day the boy threw stones at tree and the owner caught him. He brung him to prophet Muhammed he promise to never do it again.

  15. Anonymous said...
    10:34 PM, July 30, 2007

    There once was a boy. He loved dates but he doesn't has some. One day he went out and collected stones from th ground throw at the tree so he found lot's of palm tree to the oasis. He chose a tree to choose from and throw. The he collected all th dates he can carry off the ground. The owner of plam tree was very surprised and angry so he made a plan. One day the boy throw the stones at the tree again. Then the owner caught him and said he was going bring him to Prophet Muhammed. They went to Prophet Muhammed and he said to the boy why did he throw the stones at the tree. The boy said he was sorry and he did not think about tree, how hurts them. The Prophet told he to for the dates to fall down by themselves and it even better. The boy likes the sound of that. The boy surely found th dates and it do taste better.

  16. Anonymous said...
    12:11 PM, July 31, 2007

    There was once a boy who loved dates.He woud do almost anything to eat those dates. Outside of the city where the boy lived there was a pool, an oasis. Around the pool there were palm trees that dates grew on. Everyday the boy left his friends and went to the trees. He would pick a stone carefully and throw it right at the tree. Then if he hit the tree just right a date would fall to the ground

  17. Anonymous said...
    1:55 PM, July 31, 2007

    The story "The Boy who threw stones at trees" is about a boy who loved to eat delicious, juicy dates. He would do anything to get a hold of them. Even if he had to throw stones at the trees to make the dates fall. He would have to pick his stone carefully because if he didn't then the date would not fall. Since the tree was losing all its dates and became unlhealthy the owner of the trees became very suspious. So one day the owner decided to stay by his tree for a whole day,and see what was happening to his trees. On that same day the boy came back to the tree and started doing what he usually did,he threw stones at the trees. When the owner caught the boy doing this he took him to the Prophet Muhammad to discuss why he was throwing stone at the trees. The Prophet said that he could just wait for the dates to grow and let them fall from the tree on there own.The boy did what the Prophet told him, and thought the dates tasted even better then before. He now knew how to be patient.
    Osman Eggeh

  18. aisha said...
    3:43 PM, July 31, 2007

    The point of this story is to respect other people's property have a broader view of what your doing and to have manners. There once was this boy who loved fresh dates and he threw stones at the trees to get the dates to fall out. One day the trees didn't grow very much and they were hurt. The owners hid for one day and they saw the boy throw the stones at their trees then they knew why the trees weren't bearing fuit.They took him to the Prophet(pbuh) and he told the boy that he was hurting the trees and he said if the boy wanted dates he could wait for the dates to be ripe enough to fall from the trees themselves.
    By: mahmud ali

  19. Anonymous said...
    7:07 PM, July 31, 2007

    The story is about this boy who
    loves dates so everyday the boy
    will sneak away from his friends
    and go to the pool an oasis and
    around the pool there is plam
    tree so he will pick a stone
    and hit it right to the tree
    and a date will fall right out
    and he will start eating it
    and the boy wont care of the
    damge he did .so the the people
    saw the damge the boy was doing
    so they decide to hide behinde
    the plam trees and then the boy
    came and he did the same thing
    than the people saw and took him
    the prophet the prophet told the
    boy not to do that again.

    amira

  20. Anonymous said...
    8:57 PM, July 31, 2007

    I learned that you should respect other peoples property and you should have manners. There was once a boy who threw stones at trees so the dates would fall out. The owners found out he was hurting their trees so they took him to the prophet(pbuh) and the prophet(pbuh) told him to wait until the dates were ripe so they'd fall out by themselves.

    Fatima

  21. Anonymous said...
    10:14 PM, July 31, 2007

    the point of this story is that do not be cruel to the enviroment becuz it's haram

  22. Anonymous said...
    10:20 PM, July 31, 2007

    the point of this story is that do not be cruel to the enviroment becuz it's haram

  23. Anonymous said...
    10:20 PM, July 31, 2007

    I learned that you have to becareful when you come close to other peoples things. If you damage somthing then you must try to fix it. One way of fixing the problem is saying sorry. Another way is trying to comne up with a soloution that won't damage anything just like the boy in the story.

  24. Anonymous said...
    10:38 PM, July 31, 2007

    This story explains that a boy threw stones at other people's trees in order to get fresh dates but he was hurting the trees the trees wouldn't bear as much dates anymore and when the owners found out they sent him to the prophet(pbuh) and he told them that he should wait for the dates to be ripe so they'd fall out by themselves. This story teaches people to respect other peopl's property to think outside the box and to have manners.
    By: Su'ad Ali

  25. Anonymous said...
    10:38 PM, July 31, 2007

    I learned that you should keep your patients everytime you wait for something to happen or someone to come.

  26. Anonymous said...
    12:15 AM, August 01, 2007

    i learned that u should never pick a stone and throw it at a tree becuz its cruelty tot the enviroment and it is harram

  27. Anonymous said...
    6:40 PM, August 03, 2007

    What I learned from this story is that there was a boy who loved dates. Outside of the city that the boy lived there was a oasis and around the pool there were palm trees that dates grew on. The boy would look carefully for a stone that he could throw directly at the palm tree so that dates would fall down for him. One day all the owners of the palm trees hid so they could see what happens. The boy then came to start to throw stones at the palm trees, one of the owners immediately came and grabbed the little boy by the neck and started yelling at the boy. Then the owner said to the boy that he was going to take him to the prophet, the boy was so sad because he has never been in this big of trouble in his life. The prophet started to talk to the boy but after all the prophet told the boy not to throw stones at the palm trees and just wait for the dates to fall down on their own.
    Hayat Saeed

  28. Anonymous said...
    12:08 PM, August 04, 2007

    There was a boy who loved dates.Outside of the city there was a pool and around the pool there were plam trees that dates grew on.He would always pick a stone and a tree and threw it at the plam tree a couple of times till the ground had some dates on it.Then the owners took him to prophet Muhahmed and he told him to let the dates fall from the tree and it would taste better.

  29. Anonymous said...
    8:45 PM, August 05, 2007

    What I learned from this story is that there was a boy who loved dates and one day he started to throw stones at teh palm trees and he got caught from the tree owners and he got sent to the Prophet.
    Faiza Ismail

  30. Anonymous said...
    10:12 PM, August 06, 2007

    Allah has send prophet muhamed to
    talk to the peplo to worshie Allah
    in maka.

 

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