Thursday, October 28, 2010

Humanity is just One and One Family




Abu Hurairah (ra) reported that the Prophet (saws) said :

"Verily, Allah the Exalted and Glorious will say on the Day of Resurrection ' O son of Adam , I was indisposed but you did not visit Me.' He would say , 'O My Lord, how could I visit you as you were the Lord of the World '. Thereupon Allah will say 'Did you not know that such and such slave of mine was ill but you did not visit him ?' Did you not realise that if you had visited him , you would have found (its reward) with Me ?'' O son of Adam , I asked food from you but you did not feed Me.; He would submit , 'My Lord how could I feed you as You are the Lord of the Worlds ?' Allah will say ' Did you not know that such and such slave of mine asked you for food but you did not feed him ? Did you not realise that if you had fed him, you would have found (its reward) with Me ?' Then Allah will say 'O son of Adam , I asked water from you but you did not give it to Me' . He would say ' My Lord , how could I give you (water) as You are the Lord of the Worlds '? Allah will say ' Did you not know that such and such slave of mine asked you for water to drink but you did not give it to him ? Did you not realise that if you would have given him the drink , you would have found(its reward) with Me '? "


[Muslim]

Explanation : Islam teaches us to open our hearts and minds to help the needy and the destitute without any distinction of color, creed, race or religion. One has to rise above these biases and prejudices.Humanity is just one and one family.

We are from one father and one mother. Serving and helping others is serving Allah in the sight of Islam. If someone stretches his hand out to you to seek help, and if it returns empty, you then have refused to help Allah.

To please Allah is through pleasing His bondsmen. The One in heaven becomes kind to you if you are kind to those who inhabit the Earth. As it is mentioned in the above narrated hadith.

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