KINDNESS & COMPASSION TOWARDS ALLAH’S CREATION – Bahaar E Shariat Vol 16

Allah ta’ala says

‘Assist one another on righteousness and piety, and assist not (one another) on sin and aggression.’  [Surah 5 Verse 2]

Hadith 1: It is reported in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim from Jareer bin Abdullah  that Rasoolullah Sallallahu ta’ala alayhi wa sallam  said ‘Allah ta’aala does not bestow His Mercy upon a person who is not merciful upon the people’.

Hadith 2: Imam Ahmed and Tirmizi reported from Abu Hurairah Radi Allahu anhu who says that he heard Abul Qaasim, The Truthful and the Deliverer of the Truth Sallallahu ta’ala alayhi wa sallam saying ‘Mercy is not removed, but from a wretched person’.

Hadith 3: Abu Dawud and Tirmizi reported from Abdullah ibn Amr  ﺭﺿﻰ ﺍﷲ ﺗﻌﺎﱃ ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ that Rasoolullah Sallallahu ta’ala alayhi wa sallam said ‘Rahmaan has Mercy on those who have mercy. Be compassionate to those on the earth and He, Whose Divine Authority is over the skies, will be Merciful towards you’.

Hadith 4: Tirmizi reported from Ibn Ab’bas  ﺭﺿﻰ ﺍﷲ ﺗﻌﺎﱃ ﻋﻨﻬﺎ that Rasoolullah Sallallahu ta’ala alayhi wa sallam said ‘He who shows no mercy upon our children and shows no respect to our elders, and he who does not command righteous deeds and he who does not forbid  evil, is not from amongst us’.

Hadith 5: Tirmizi reported from Anas Radi Allahu anhu that if a young person respects an elderly person due to his old-age, then Allah will appoint for him, one who will respect him in his old-age.

Hadith 6: Abu Dawud reported from Abu Musa Radi Allahu anhu that Rasoolullah Sallallahu ta’ala alayhi wa sallam said ‘It is from the signs of Respect for Allah, to be respectful to an elderly Muslim, and to respect one who bears the Qur’an (i.e. a Hafiz) who is neither Ghaali or Jaafi 1 , and to be respectful to a Just Ruler’.

Hadith 7: Imam Ahmed and Baihaqi have reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah Radi Allahu anhu that Rasoolullah Sallallahu ta’ala alayhi wa sallam said ‘A Momin is a sanctuary of affection, and there is no good in that person who neither shows any affection nor receives any affection’.

Hadith 8: Baihaqi reported on the authority of Anas Radi Allahu anhu that Rasoolullah Sallallahu ta’ala alayhi wa sallam said ‘Whosoever fulfils the need of someone in my Ummah with the aim of making him happy, he has pleased me and whosoever pleases me has pleased Allah, and whosoever pleases Allah, Allah will enter him into Jannat’.