Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Today I saw true love ....Subhanallah it wasn't the love we all know between two persons but it was between a teenager and his pet cat! That teenager happens to be my boy and that cat is our precious pet. He has been so busy lately so hasn't had a chance to pay attention to her, she wasnt very happy so she attacked him just to get his attention which she never does. My boy was so upset...I explained why she did that so he spent good 10 minutes with her and Subhanallah she was all happy and purring away. But just the love that Allah SWT has instilled between them is amazing....we forget how even animals need love and care and we have a duty to provide them with that love and attention. There is a hadith from Bukhari which says"You will not have secure faith until you love one another and have mercy on those who live upon the earth." Allah SWT is very compassionate and loves for us to be compassionate even if it is to an animal.
In the Qur'an and Hadith, it is emphasized that animals be treated as humanely as any other of God's vast creation. The Qur'an goes as far to say that cruelty to animals is equivalent to cruel treatment of a human being. Kind treatment of animals is considered a good deed in the same sense that good conduct and treatment between human beings is deemed a good deed. There is another Hadith about a man who felt thirsty and went down a well, and drank water from it. On coming out of it, he saw a dog panting and eating mud because of excessive thirst. The man said, 'This animal is suffering from the same problem as that of mine.' So, he climbed down the well , filled his shoe with water, caught hold of it with his teeth, climbed up and gave the dog a drink. Because of this good act of his Allah SWT forgave him and granted him Paradise.'' The people asked "O Allah's Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving animals?'' He replied: `Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate (living being).'' (Narrated by Abu Hurairah ). Alhamdulillah...you even get rewarded in Islam for being good to an animal so go on do a good deed and share some of your love with the living things we often neglect.
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Today I saw true love ....Subhanallah it wasn't the love we all know between two persons but it was between a teenager and his pet cat! That teenager happens to be my boy and that cat is our precious pet. He has been so busy lately so hasn't had a chance to pay attention to her, she wasnt very happy so she attacked him just to get his attention which she never does. My boy was so upset...I explained why she did that so he spent good 10 minutes with her and Subhanallah she was all happy and purring away. But just the love that Allah SWT has instilled between them is amazing....we forget how even animals need love and care and we have a duty to provide them with that love and attention. There is a hadith from Bukhari which says"You will not have secure faith until you love one another and have mercy on those who live upon the earth." Allah SWT is very compassionate and loves for us to be compassionate even if it is to an animal.
In the Qur'an and Hadith, it is emphasized that animals be treated as humanely as any other of God's vast creation. The Qur'an goes as far to say that cruelty to animals is equivalent to cruel treatment of a human being. Kind treatment of animals is considered a good deed in the same sense that good conduct and treatment between human beings is deemed a good deed. There is another Hadith about a man who felt thirsty and went down a well, and drank water from it. On coming out of it, he saw a dog panting and eating mud because of excessive thirst. The man said, 'This animal is suffering from the same problem as that of mine.' So, he climbed down the well , filled his shoe with water, caught hold of it with his teeth, climbed up and gave the dog a drink. Because of this good act of his Allah SWT forgave him and granted him Paradise.'' The people asked "O Allah's Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving animals?'' He replied: `Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate (living being).'' (Narrated by Abu Hurairah ). Alhamdulillah...you even get rewarded in Islam for being good to an animal so go on do a good deed and share some of your love with the living things we often neglect.
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