I was attending a wedding last night and I heard the story which I heard long time ago but almost forgot. The story is a about three old people visiting a family. One day a woman came out of her house and got surprised to see three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not know them. She invited them to come in and eat something as they might be hungry.

However, they asked, “Is the man of the house home?”. She told them that he was out and not present at home at that time. The old men told the lady then cannot come in because the man of the house was not present.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. The husband told his wife to invite them in. The woman went out and invited the men in. However, the men said’ “We do not go into a House together”. The woman asked, “Why is that?”

One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman came inside the house and told her husband. The husband said, “Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”

His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?” Their daughter was listening their conversation. She said “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!” The husband told her wife that we should listen to our daughter and invite Love inside to be the guest.

The woman went out and told three old men that they want to invite Love to be their gust. Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?”

The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever Love goes, we go with Love. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success”.

So, if someone wants wealth and success in life, the first step to get these is love. Islam teaches us Muslims to love the other human beings. Are we doing that these days? How can be we successful if we don’t love other fellow human beings?