Sahl bin Sa'ad (ra) relates that Prophet (saws) said : "In the community of believers , a believer's place is like that of the head in the human body. The whole body suffers due to head ache , so the believer should feel pain if others in (Muslim) community suffer." And in another hadith Nauman bin Bashir (ra) reported that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said : "The believers in their mutual kindness , compassion and symapthy are just like one body . When one of the limbs suffers, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever."
[Bukhari]
Explanation : There is no doubt that Islam teaches sympathy, love and promotes brotherhood, the spirit to help others in their hour of need. If a Momin cannot afford to buy food for his hungry brother, then he should share his own meal with the hungry. That was the spirit of love, sacrifice and mutual concern which brought into being a love-woven society. Ayah 103 of the Surah Al-Imran is a clear reminder to such a quality :"Hold fast to Allah's rope all together, do not split into factions. Remember Allah's favor to you : you were enemies and then He brought your hearts together and you became brothers by His grace ; you were about to fall in a pit of Fire and He saved you from it - in this way Allah makes His revelations clear to you so that you may be rightly guided."
May Allah enable us to relaize the importance of the gift of life and the countless blessings we have been bestowed with and utilize our time prudently and wisely and the way it pleases Allah (Swt) and his Messenger (saws). Aameen !
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