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My story this time talked about the old woman and her story with mosque.

It is taught by the old people that once there was a king. He wanted to build a mosque in his city, and he was very proud of himself. It wasn't hard to see him bragging about his belongings.

With selfish feelings, The king declared that no one would be allowed to help in his Mosque by any means.

After two years, his mosque was finished and his name was put upon it.
One day, after going to sleep, the king started to dream about that mosque.
In this dream, someone had removed his name from the mosque and replaced it with the name of a woman.

when he woke up, he could not explain the feeling of that dream. Suddenly, he made up his mind and sent his soldiers to see if his name had really been replaced by another. when they got there,nothing had changed.

When the soldiers returned, they said: your name is still there, your highness.

On the second night , he had the same dream. In this time he felt that something was really wrong and, for this, he sent his soldiers back to this mosque again. However, everything was still the same.

On the third night , he had that dream again. something was different this time, he could see things more clearly.

The king remembered the name that had replaced his in that dream. Then, he ordered his soldiers to bring in that woman.

When she walked in, her appearance was of a poor an old woman. He checked her out with a serious frown before he suddenly exclaimed: "Tell me, what did you do to keep coming in my dreams old woman?!"

She said: "I am a poor and elderly woman! What could i do against you, my lord?"

He asked again: "I ask you by Allah name"tell me what you did when the mosque was being built !"

She said: " I didn't do anything to the mosque, BUT"

"_BUT what ?!?!", He replied.

She said: "_ Once I passed by the mosque and saw the animals that were carrying the materials. They looked very thirsty! all I did was to quench their thirst !"

The king stood up, stared at the woman for a moment and said: "_You had pure intentions when you helped those animals. on the other hand, I was just trying to impress humans, and that's why Allah didn't take my offer."

After that, he ordered that her name was put on his mosque.