🌙 Ramadan Reminders: Day1⃣7⃣ 🌙
“ Getting & Giving back”
Being of service to others is a way of life that leads ❇ to happiness.
The Prophet ﷺ said, “Verily, Allah will say to his slave when He will be taking account on the ⚖Day of Judgement, ‘ O son of Adam, I was hungry and you did not feed 🍲me. ‘ He will answer, ‘How could I feed you? You are the Lord of the worlds!’ Allah ﷻ will say, ‘Didn’t you know that my slave so and so who is the son of so and so felt hunger, you did not feed 🚱him. Had you fed him you would have found that (reward) 🔆with Me.’ ‘O son of Adam, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink.’ He will reply, ‘How could I give You drink? You are the Lord of the worlds!’ Allah ﷻ will say, ‘Didn’t you know that my slave so and so, the son of so and so felt 🍶thirsty, you did not give him drink. If you had given him you would have found that (reward) 🔆with me.’ ‘ O son of Adam, I became sick and you did not visit 🚪Me.’ He will answer: ‘How can I visit You? You are the Lord of the worlds!’ Allah ﷻ will say: ‘Didn’t you know that my slave so and so, the son of so and so became sick, you did not visit him. Had you visited him you would have found 🌅Me with him.”‘
The last 1/3 of the Hadith, the words, ‘ you would have found Me ❣with him’ is unlike the first 2 parts of the Hadith ‘You would have found that (the reward) 💖with Me .’ The reason for this is Allah is with those whose hearts 💔are troubled, as is the case with the person😷 who is sick!
Ibn Mubarak رحمه الله once passed by a caravan 🐪🐫🐪who were travelling to make the pilgrimage to Makkah and he was on his way to do the same. In the caravan, he saw a woman taking a dead crow from a cesspit. He sent his servant 🌂to inquire about it and she replied, ‘ We have had nothing 🐾for three days except that which finds its way into it.’ When he 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 for himself, he returned home and gave up making the pilgrimage that year. Later, he saw in a dream, ‘Your pilgrimage has been accepted, as have your rites; and your 🙌🏼sins have been forgiven.’
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
من كان في حاجةِ أخيه كان الله في حاجته ومن فرجّ عن مسلم كربة فرَّج الله عنه كربة من كرب يوم القيامة
“The one who meets the needs of his brother, Allah will meet his needs. Whoever relieves a Muslim of distress, Allah will relieve him of distress on the Day of 🎇Resurrection.”(Bukhari)
[Credit: HuzaifaSaleh, “Don’t be sad”, By Â’id al-Qarni, Page 125-127]
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