AN IRON WILL

A student from a Muslim country went to London to study. He boarded with a British family in order to enhance his language skills. He was true to his religious principles and would wake up for the Morning Prayer early. He would make his ablution, go to his place of prayer, prostrate to his Lord, glorify Him, and praise Him. An old lady in the house was always keen to observe his foreign habits. She asked him after a few days, "What are you doing?" "My religion orders me to do this," was his reply. "Couldn't you delay saying this prayer until after you get complete rest?" He answered, "But my Lord does not accept from me my prayer if I delay it until after its fixed time period." She shook her head and exclaimed, "A will that shatters steel!"