"Before I begin my story,
"Before I begin my story, I want to clarify that my intention is not self-promotion. If you ask me who is the greatest sinner among the eight billion people on this earth, my answer will point to myself. My purpose is to convey a message to my readers and the society that poverty and helplessness have a very different perspective.
To explain, I use multi-grain flour because I am a diabetic patient. I go to a famous flour mill in Dera City and buy a mixed flour of bajra, maize, and wheat, which lasts me for about a month. I only eat two rotis a day, one in the morning and one in the evening, and I don't eat lunch.
One day, while I was buying flour, I saw an old woman wearing a worn-out burqa, with torn shoes on her feet. She asked the flour mill owner for 150 rupees worth of wheat flour. I was taken aback, thinking that the price of wheat flour is around 150-160 rupees per kilogram. How would she manage to survive with just one kilogram of flour? What about her children? How would they survive?
I asked her how she managed to live with such a small amount of flour. She told me that she had four family members, including two daughters and a young son, and they all worked hard but sometimes went to bed hungry. She thanked God for whatever they had.
I was moved by her story and decided to help her. I asked the flour mill owner to give her 80 kilograms of flour, which would last her for a few weeks. I also gave her all the money I had in my pocket. She didn't have a mobile phone, so I couldn't contact her later.
Her story is not an isolated incident. There are many people like her who are struggling to survive. The government and the ruling class are not paying attention to their plight. They are so caught up in their own luxuries that they have forgotten the poor and the needy.
The Quran says that those who do not care for the poor and the needy are actually rejecting God. We need to realize that our society is full of people who are struggling to survive, and we need to help them. We need to be human and feel the pain of others.
I want to share my story with you, and I hope it will make a difference. If you find anything good in my story, please keep it with you, and if you find anything bad, please also keep it with you. May God bless us all and may we never be without His mercy. Amen."
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