KINDNESS: The Golden Rule On Living The Life

KINDNESS:

The Golden Rule On Living The Life

Dr Reyaz Tawheedi Kashmiri 

Kindness is the key to strengthening social cohesion.The command to adopt this golden rule of living has been eloquently expressed in many places in the Holy Qur'an and Hadiths. In the similar manner, it is wisely explained in the below mentioned hadith,

 “Maintain Your Kin Relationships Even By Just Greetings."

While greeting may seem like a beautiful habit or ritual, nevertheless if we consider in a real sense its social significance and spiritual subtlety are profound. Greeting with a smile on your face can foster affection in relationships, strengthen bonds and even alleviate bitterness of the heart.

When an individual says As-salamu alaykum ( is a greeting in Arabic that means "Peace be upon you".) he becomes entitled to a reward, nonetheless he also plays his moral role in keeping social harmony and human relationships happy, since while saying A-salamu alaykum ( Peace be Upon You) he also prays for peace with love. Therefore, in order to maintain the relationship , if a person cannot do much, then at least he can take a good initiative of greeting A-salamu alykum ( May Peace be upon you) . In the current Cyber age the mobile phones are the best means of acting on the above stated Hadith. Even If there is no opportunity to make a call or repeated calling seems to be indecent, then this moral obligation can also be fulfilled through by simply sending an appropriate message.

In Islamic teachings, a balanced system of rights and duties has been introduced in which kindness has been given precedence. As stated in the Holy Qur'an:

یٰۤاَیُّہَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوۡا رَبَّکُمُ الَّذِیۡ خَلَقَکُمۡ مِّنۡ نَّفۡسٍ وَّاحِدَۃٍ وَّ خَلَقَ مِنۡہَا زَوۡجَہَا وَ بَثَّ مِنۡہُمَا رِجَالًا کَثِیۡرًا وَّ نِسَآءً ۚ وَ اتَّقُوا اللّٰہَ الَّذِیۡ تَسَآءَلُوۡنَ بِہٖ وَ الۡاَرۡحَامَ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰہَ کَانَ عَلَیۡکُمۡ رَقِیۡبًا ﴿۲﴾

(O ye people! fear your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many men and women; and fear Allah, in Whose name you appeal to one another, and fear Him particularly respecting ties of relationship. Verily, Allah watches over you.)

Similarly, in the hadith, regarding the importance, blessings and necessity of the Kindness , it is said:

"Whoever likes to have an abundance of sustenance, if his death is delayed and his age increases, then he should extend Kindness." (Muslim)

Psychologically, Kindness is a compassionate attitude.The quintessence of this is to awaken the compassionate sense of living in human beings so that the sympathetic environment of social harmony may flourish.

        

The message found in Islamic teachings regarding Kindness that the first stage of good behaviour is specified with the parents. And later followed to show kindness to relatives, neighbors and then to every acquaintance and stranger with a message to humanity to uphold its essence.This concept can be highlighted separately, as such in the this column, the basic purpose and concept of the Kindness is under consideration. When we consider the importance of the Kindness from the personal level to the global level, it is as important for an individual as it is for a home, a settlement, a society, a country and the whole world. That is why it is said:

 "Kindness is the grace of God"

 In literary context Writers and poets have written a lot about Kindness.This important human issue has become the focus of their attention. For example if we glance at the poem of Shiek Saadi's (Persian poet) 𝘱𝘰𝘦𝘮 from his famous poetic collection "Gulistan" its spirituality states the human pain and compassion in the context of world peace and that later became a motto on the entrance of UN building. 

Sheikh Saadi, eloquently manifested:

بنی آدم اعضائے یک دگراند       

   کہ در آفرینش ز یک جوہرند  

  چو عضوۓ بدرد آورد روزگار

   دگر عضو ہا را نماند قرار  

        

The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, 

Having been created of one essence.

When the calamity of time affects one limb

The other limbs cannot remain at rest.

If thou hast no sympathy for the troubles of others

Thou art unworthy to be called by the name of a human

          

We need to inculcate a spirit of compassion within ourselves and spread this spirit of kindness verbally and practically because it is said that,

    ''A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees."

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This column titled as Selay Rehmi( صلہ رحمی) 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘋𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘻 𝘛𝘢𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪 and translated into English by Dr Basharat Khan

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