HIGHLY REWARDING

Interrupting the topics, this Friday, I bring to you the Tradition of the Prophet, from future section, so that you could benefit from it well in advance. Do also share it with others:

“One who strives for the widows and the poor is like one who struggles (jihad) in the way of God”, said the Prophet, “I shall regard him as one who stands up (for prayer) without rest and as one who fasts without break” *– H: Bukhari, Muslim and other compilations. N: Abu Hurairah

* Great rewards are promised for those who try hard to help the helpless human beings: (1) by developing the individuals in need, to stand on their own feet. The first and the foremost deserving your attention, after relatives, are the house-assistants as they are in your care, or else, are associated with you. (“Seeking knowledge is compulsory upon every Muslim male and female” the Prophet had said. Also, verse 6:165 of the Quran, given at the end, is a pointer.) Their right of education and development is usually overlooked even though basic education is a must for everyone’s tomorrow! If school timing is the problem, then, the practical alternative will be to engage an experienced school-teacher in order to impart systematic education to them at home, and enable them pass exams as private students; (2) by initiating and working for projects like widow-asylums, orphanages etc., and (3) by helping to make the existing ones work more honestly and efficiently. It would require involving the affluent and also resourceful sectors for organizational and financial assistance. This Tradition of the Prophet will motivate them.


He it is who has made you inherit the earth, and has raised some of you by degree above others, so that He might try you by means of what He has bestowed upon you.* Verily, thy Sustainer is swift in retribution: yet, behold, He is indeed much- forgiving, most gracious. - Q.6.165
*Lit., by way of character, strength, knowledge, social position, wealth etc.