An Axiom
A quote from the Teachings of Islam (Jacki, can you help me with the reference?)
"A man walking along a path felt very thirsty. Reaching a well he descended into it, drank his fill and came up. Then he saw a dog with its tongue hanging out, trying to lick up mud to quench its thirst. The man saw that the dog was feeling the same thirst as he had felt so he went down into the well again and filled his shoe with water and gave the dog a drink. God forgave his sins for this action.' The Prophet was asked: 'Messenger of God, are we rewarded for kindness towards animals?' He said, 'There is a reward for kindness to every living thing.'"
This is a saying that I hope to keep in my heart (Inshallah):
"There is a reward for kindness to every Living thing"
"A man walking along a path felt very thirsty. Reaching a well he descended into it, drank his fill and came up. Then he saw a dog with its tongue hanging out, trying to lick up mud to quench its thirst. The man saw that the dog was feeling the same thirst as he had felt so he went down into the well again and filled his shoe with water and gave the dog a drink. God forgave his sins for this action.' The Prophet was asked: 'Messenger of God, are we rewarded for kindness towards animals?' He said, 'There is a reward for kindness to every living thing.'"
This is a saying that I hope to keep in my heart (Inshallah):
"There is a reward for kindness to every Living thing"
posted by Thomas J. at 5/14/2006 10:13:00 AM
4 Comments:
Yes, a beautiful teaching, isn't it? This is one of the hadiths. Hadiths are the recorded actions and sayings of our Prophet and make up the second authoritative source in Islam (after the Quran). This particular hadith comes from a collection gathered by a man named Bukhari, so you could put in parenthesis after the hadith: (recorded by Bukhari) or just (Bukhari).
Thanks so much Jacki. . .you are broadening my mind!
That was nice. I liked that story
whoops. that was me.
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