Do not be sad – Do good to others
Posted May 14, 2011
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Do not be sad – Do good to others
Being of service to others leads to happiness. In an authentic hadith, the Prophet (Blessings and Peace be upon him) said:
Verily, Allah will say to His slave as He is taking account of him on the Day of Judgment,
`O’ son of Adam, I was hungry and you did not feed me. He will answer, how can I feed you and you are the Lord of the worlds! He will say, did you not know that my slave so and so who is the son of so and so felt hunger, and you did not feed him. Alas! Had you fed him you would have found that (i.e. reward) with Me. O’ son of Adam, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink. He will say, How can I give you drink, and you are the Lord of the worlds! He will say, did you not know that my slave so and so, the son of so and so felt thirsty and you did not give him drink. Alas! If you had given him, you would have found that (i.e. reward) with Me. O’ son of Adam, I became sick and you did not visit Me. He will say, How can I visit you and you are the Lord of the worlds! He will say, did you not know that my slave so and so, the son of so and so became sick and you did not visit him. Alas! Had you visited him, you would have found me with him.”
Here is an interesting point; in the last third of the hadith are the words: …you would have found me with him.
This is unlike the first two parts of the hadith: “You would have found that (i.e. the reward for feeding and giving drink) with Me.”
The reason for the difference is that Allah, the All-Merciful, is with those whose hearts are troubled, as is the case with the person who is sick. And in another hadith, the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) said:
“There is reward in each moist liver (i.e. to do service to any living creature will be rewarded).”
Also, know that Allah admitted the prostitute from the children of Israel into Paradise because she gave a drink to a dog that was thirsty. So what will be the case for the one who feeds other humans, giving them drink and removing from them hardships!
In an authentic hadith, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said,
“Whoever has extra provision should give from it to the one who has no provision. And whoever has an extra mount should give with this extra to the one who has no mount.”
Commanding his servant to search out for guests, Hatim said in some of his more beautiful verses:
“Burn the coals, for truly, the night is chilly,
If you bring me a guest, then I have set you free.” And he said to his wife:
“Whenever you make food, then search
For he who is hungry, as I do not eat alone.”
Ibn Mubarak’s neighbor was a Jew. He would always feed him before feeding his own children and would provide clothing for him first and then for his children. Some people said to the Jew, “Sell us your house.” He answered, “My house is for two thousand dinars. One thousand is for the price of the house and one thousand is for having Ibn Mubarak as a neighbor!” Ibn Mubarak heard of this and he exclaimed, “O’ Allah, guide him to Islam.” Then, by the permission of Allah, he accepted Islam.
On another occasion, Ibn Mubarak passed by a caravan of people who were traveling to make the pilgrimage to Makkah, and he too was on his way to do the same. He saw one of the women from the caravan take a dead crow from a cesspit. He sent his servant to inquire about this and when he asked her, she replied, “We have had nothing for three days except that which finds its way into it.” When Ibn Mubarak heard of this, his eyes swelled with tears. He ordered for all of his provision to be distributed among those of the caravan, and having nothing with which to continue the journey, he returned to his home and gave up making the pilgrimage for that year. Later, he saw someone in a dream saying, “Your pilgrimage has been accepted, as have your rites; and your sins have been forgiven.” Allah says:
And give them preference over themselves, even though they were in need of those themselves. (Qur ‘an 59: 9)
One poet said:
“Even if I am a person who is far,
From his friend in terms of distance,
I offer him my help and wish to alleviate his difficulties, I answer his invitation and his call to me for help, and if he dons a wonderful new outfit I will not say, alas, were I to be blessed with the clothes that he wears.”
By Allah, how wonderful are good manners and a generous soul!
No one regrets having done well even if he was extravagant in doing so. Regret is only for the mistake or for the wrong done, even when that wrong is a minor one.
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5 Responses to "Do not be sad – Do good to others"
very nice and inspirational, may Allah bless u, may Allah gave every one wisdom and sound brain, so they can not say ………………its true quran and sunnah but million and millions subject topic boook are directly or indirectly related to quran and sunnah are there for guidence, it does not mean any islamic literature other then quran and sunna when u heard run away like a donkey by saying this is not in quran, not in sunah book, Allah the almighty gave permetion and authority to the people of quran and hadith to use their brain tell the humanity nice word so it could go in their brain if they have ,not like u who was saing it waiste my time which time u talking about, did u purchase that time, by saying prostitute story and u super brain women demanding weather it was in quran or hadith or some one waist ur time, its good to have 100% faith in quran and hadith, but subject derived from quran and hadith is also need to taken in concidration if they did not exceed the quranic and hadith limit, Allah never say us or u and me to be a lakir ka fakier why he gave us brain so we can derived good meaningful subject, women please do not be jelous and critisize to the islamic scholer a one year old child know that this story was true, and from authantic sourse people already heard million no one waiste ur time, may Allah make ur brain super
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Your article is inspirational, but it would be good if u could quote the “prostitute being given paradise for giving water to a thirsty dog” from a reliable source like quran or sunnah.In future posts, kindly quote phrases only from authentic sources, so as not to waste our time.
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As-Salaam-U-Aleikum Janaab-e-Mohtaram,
You are doing a great job, Masha-Allah, Just wanted to share wid u,a thought of mine, just don’t take it otherwise. You are writing “ISLAM, The Greatest Religion”, But, what I think, Islam is the Only Religion, other are just a fake belief…we can;t count them as Religion. Insha-allah, you’ll get my point. Pray for me and remember me in Dua.
Fi-Amaanillah….
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1 | SHABAN SIRLEEM
August 18, 2014 at 9:44 am
Superb. Truly Inspirational. May Allah Peace Be Upon You
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