A bird's message..

The thing i want to write here is take from a book that i had lovingly read with all my heart. I hope i can share them with all of you as what the author would do..

Nabi Muhammad SAW's character towards the poor:

Prophet SAW always extended his kindness to both poor and rich.

       "Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that "There was a man amongst the Badouins whose name was Zahir bin Haram. Whenever he came to Madinah for a need, he brought something for the Prophet SAW as a gift, like cottege cheese or butter. Likewise, the Propeht SAW would prepare something to give to him whenever he wanted to leave, such as dates and so on. The Prophet SAW used to love him as say: "Zahir is our Badouin and we are his city-dwellers." Zahir was not very good looking. One day, Zahir (may Allah be pleased with him) left the desert and came to Allah's Messenger SAW but cannot find him. He had some goods to sell so he went to the market place. 

       When the Prophet SAW found out about his arrival, he went to the market place looking for him. When he arrived, he saw him selling his goods with sweat pouring down form his face, and he wore Badouin clothes which did not smell good either. The Prophet SAW hugged him tightly from behind, while Zahir was unaware and could not see who it was.

       Zahir became scared and exclaimed: "Let me go! Who is this?" But the Prophet SAW remained silent. Zahir tried to release himself from his grip and started to look right and left. When he saw the Prophet SAW he relaxed ans calmed down, placing his back against the Prophet's chest. The Prophet SAW began to joke with him, saying to the public: "Who will buy this slave?!"

      Upon hearing that, Zahir looked at himself and thought of his extreme poverty, for he is neither has wealth nor good looks.

      He said: "You will find me unmarketable, O Messenger of Allah."

      The Prophet SAW said: "But you are not unmarketable with Allah. You are very precious to Allah.""

     From here we can see that, how Prophet SAW had extended his kindness across the poor. We cannot be judgmental about people especially when they are poor people. They may had face the hardship of being poor and Allah is testing their faith and patience in being poor. 

       However, even though they are poor, their prayer are always answered by the The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful. Thus, if we ever the least give a smile or helping the poor in anyway we could, these people would remember you in their prayer. 

       You will be remembered as person who made their life worthwhile and lessen up their burden. Insyallah, if the prayer is responded, you have actually leveled up your rank in the sight of our beloved Allah, The Most Just and The Most Beneficent.

Insyallah and Amin!

     Muhammad 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-'Arifi. (2008). Enjoy your life. Darussalam. 

     http://www.bottesfordhistory.org.uk/images/uploaded/scaled/Scrapbook_Vice_&_Poverty_poor_children_s.jpg retrieved on 29/06/2010