Fun and Beneficial Facts!
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Did you know? Allah ta’aala granted individuals Jannah for feeding and quenching the thirst of animals?! Not only this, from a hadeeth we learn that when a person plants a tree and a bird or animal eats from it, this is a form of charity? Amazing right?
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Feeding others and sharing food with others
When we have food in our home (which we almost always do), or while we are eating something (even something like a packet of crisps or sweets), a good action to practice is to think of others and share that food with them.
This action is so highly recommended that our beloved Nabi ﷺ advised:
“When you cook broth (soup or curry) add more water (to increase its quantity) and give some to your neighbour.” [Ibn Majah]
This hadeeth teaches us some very simple lessons about sharing:
- Think of others and not just yourself
- Look for ways to share food
- Look out for one another
- Look for opportunities to feed people
- Do not only share food items when you cook something ‘special’, any food item, as simple as it maybe can be shared.
- Look out especially for those who are poor, elderly and/or live alone
- Make a habit of taking people home for food.
- While eating or preparing food be alert of those around us and look for ways to share
Above all by sharing food and feeding others:
- Our greed and selfishness decreases
- Feelings for others increases
- Love and affection for one another grows in the hearts
- The doors of rizq (sustenance) from Allah Ta’aala opens wider for us
- We will build a society where people are always looking out for one another.