🌙Ramadan Reflections: Day 1⃣3⃣ 🌙
“Shortest Distance to a person’s heart”
How many times have we had a bad day 😔and we pass someone who smiles back brightly… then this unspoken human act of genuine 🎈friendliness makes our day so much more bearable.
Fleeting seconds can have an impact on a 24hr day🌇. Subhanallah!
Why? Because a smile 👩🏻reflects so much: 🌼empathy, 🌷kindness, 🌻optimism, 🌺energy, 🌹compassion, & 🎋security.
No wonder this was the way of the most compassionate 🍃man to walk on this earth, our beloved Prophet ﷺ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to smile 😊often…. So much so that his companions would say they never saw anyone 🙌🏼smile more than him!
Best part is it will not go unrewarded as the prophet said: “ Smiling to your brother (or sister in Islam) is 💡charity.(Tirmidhi)
Abu Dharr natrated that the Prophet ﷺ said to him: “ Never ⚖underestimate or demean 🌾any good deed, even if it is to meet your brother with a smiling face.”
وعن أبي ذر ـ رضي الله عنه ـ قال: قال لي النبي ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ: ( لاَ تَحْقِرَنَّ مِنَ الْـمَعْرُوفِ شَيْئًا، وَلَوْ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخَاكَ بِوَجْهٍ طَلْقٍ )
Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her ) described the Prophet ﷺ as:
“كان *ألين الناس، وأكرم الناس، وكان رجلاً من رجالكم * *إلا أنه كان ضحاكًا بسّامًا “ *
“The most gentle 🎐of people and the most 💌generous. And he was a man like your men except he was always ☀happy & smiling🌻.”
To win people’s 💗hearts the Prophet ﷺ gave wonderful advice :
إِنَّكُمْ لا تَسَعون النَّاسَ بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ يَسَعُهُمْ مِنْكُمْ بَسْط الْوَجْه، وَحُسْنُ الْخُلُق (البيهقي)
“ People 👨👩👧👦will not be won💜 over by your 💶wealth but by your smiling face and good 🙏🏻character.”
Be a person whom people feel at ease with and who inspires 🌟positivity
[Credit: HuzaifaSaleh, Safa A, Islamweb]
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