In 1934, a bronze statue
of a dog called Hachiko was erected at the
Shibuya Train station in Tokyo, Japan. The story
of this dog is mentioned below.
Hachiko was born in 1923 and was owned by
Eisaburo Ueno, a professor in the agriculture
department at the University of Tokyo. The
professor used to take a train from the Shibuya
Station every day to go to the university. Each
day Hachiko accompanied the professor to the
train station when he left for work. Upon
returning, the professor would find the dog
patiently waiting for his master and wagging its
tail. This happy routine continued until one
fateful day in 1925, when the professor was
taken ill on the job and unfortunately died
before he could return home. As usual, the dog
waited at the train station that day for his
master to return back. However, seeing that he
wasn't coming back, Hachiko waited till night
fell and retuned back home. The next day Hachiko
went back to the train station again, waiting
for his master to come back. He patiently waited
till sunset and then retuned back home. The dog
was so devoted to the professor that he
continued to visit the train station everyday
for the next 10 years! The people who passed the
loyal dog each day were so touched by his story
that they erected a statue in his honor in 1934.
In 1935, Hachiko died at the very same spot
where he used to wait for his master.
Dear readers, we should take a lesson from this
story for ourselves. By reciting the kalimah of
Tawheed, all of us have taken an oath to be
loyal to our Master, Allah Ta'ala. Now, we
should look deep into ourselves and check to see
how much love we really have for Allah in our
hearts.
Source: Partially extracted from Wikipedia and
Fabulous Travel.com.
