Kalan nabiyyu (ﷺ): Mai yahrumur rifka yahrumul khair .
Rasool - e - Kareem (ﷺ) said : One who deprived kindness is deprived goodness.
Narrator :- Jareer (RA) Book :- Muslim Chapter :- Bir Wassila
Word to word translation
من - who يحرم - deprive الرفق - kindness الجير - goodness
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Explanation
One of the most beloved qualities of good character to Allah is kindness and gentleness. Allah has reserved a special reward for those who are kind and gentle.
Aisha( RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
O Aisha, Allah is gentle and He loves gentleness. He rewards for gentleness what is not granted for harshness and He does not reward anything else like it.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2593, Grade: Sahih
Kindness and gentleness are traits that are inherently good, and whoever has them has been given his portion of goodness.
Allah loves kindness and gentleness in all matters, so we should manifest these qualities even when we face abuse and cruelty. On one occasion, the Prophet (ﷺ) was insulted and cursed by his enemies but he did not return their curse. Rather, he showed patience and forbearance and encouraged his companions to be kind.
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Aisha (RA) reported: A group of Jews asked permission to visit the Prophet and when they were admitted they said, “Death be upon you . I said to them, “Rather death and the curse of Allah be upon you!” The Prophet ( ﷺ) said:
O Aisha, Allah is kind and He loves kindness in all matters.
Source: Sahih Bukhari 6528
Indeed, Allah sent Musa [Moses] and Haroon [Aaron], peace be upon them, to Pharaoh and He commanded them to speak mildly to him and to begin their invitation to Islam with gentleness.
Speak to him mildly that perhaps he may remember or fear Allah.
Surah Ta ha 20: 44
If this is how Allah commanded the prophets to speak to the greatest of oppressors, then how much more deserving of kindness are those lesser than him?
Furthermore, kindness and gentleness should be shown to the animals and indeed all of creation.
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Aisha (RA) reported: I was upon a camel which was misbehaving so I began to beat it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
You must be gentle. Verily, gentleness is not in anything except that it beautifies it, and it is not removed from anything except that it disgraces it.
Source: Musnad Ahmad 24417, Grade: sahih
Small acts of kindness, although it might be trivial in the eyes of people, are an important means for us to be saved from Hellfire and admitted into Paradise.
Ibn Mas’ud (Ral) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Shall I not tell you for whom the Hellfire is forbidden? It is every person accessible, polite, and mild.
Source: Sunan At-Tirmidhi 2488, Grade: Hasan.
Therefore, we should train ourselves and our children to be kind and gentle in all matters, among the Muslims, among unbelievers, and even with the animals. We should resist the temptation to indulge in cruelty and savagery. Times will come when must apply justice to criminals, but we have to remember that the opportunity for repentance will remain and even a great tyrant like Pharaoh should be given his portion of kindness.
We ask Allah to beautify our manners with kindness and to protect us from falling into harshness.
Aameen
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