Aashiq Hill – Hadith 28 Animal Rights In The Prophet Biography

Assalamu alaikum

my beloved brothers and sisters in Islam.

Bismillah Alhamdulillah Assalamu

alaikum.

Beloved brothers and sisters in Islam, I welcome

each and every one of you to our

series

dealing with the footi a hadith

on the seerah, the life and times of

our messenger, Muhammad salallahu alayhi wa sallam. Today,

we will discuss a beautiful hadith narrated on

the authority

of Abu Hurayrah radiAllahu anhu. He said that

the Messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said to

them one day, bayna rajlun bifariq. One day

a man from the people of the past,

before the time of the Messenger sallallahu alaihi

wa sallam, was walking on a path. He

shadda alahiil apash and he became extremely thirsty.

For wajidah be'ron, he found a well, faneza

lafiha.

He got down fasharib and he quenched his

thirst from the well.

So Maharaj and then he was on his

way.

He found a dog panting out of thirst,

out of the exhaustion, out of the heat.

This dog was leaking the wet sand out

of the thirst or the heat.

The man said to himself,

This dog is as thirsty

as I was. I'm very thirsty. This dog

is thirsty as well.

He once again went down the

well. And he filled up his shoe with

water.

And he gave the dog to drink.

Allah

became so happy with that action.

And Allah

appreciated

that action. And Allah is a shakur, the

one who is most appreciative of our good

deeds. Allah appreciated that action.

And Allah

forgave him. Allah forgave that man. Why?

Because he gave a thirsty dog something to

drink.

The sahaba were amazed. They said, You Rasool

Allah, oh messenger of Allah, wa'inna lanafilbaaha

imilaajra,

Do we get reward when we look after

our animals, our camels, our cows,

our livestock, our dogs and cats? The prophet

Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said,

In everything that has

a wet liver, in everything that has a,

anything that is alive, anything that has

a moist liver, meaning anything that's alive,

in it there will be reward if you

look after it.

Subhan Allah, what do we learn from this?

We learn that the prophet

as Allah describes him in the Quran.

Oh Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, we've only

sent you.

We've not sent you for any reason except

as a mercy to the world.

Part of that mercy was not only

covering and encompassing

of people and of human beings, of men,

women, but also of the downtrodden, the animals

of the those creation of Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala that people don't have time for, even

the creation of Allah, including the animals, they

experienced a portion of the rahma and the

mercy of the prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam.

From this hadith, we learned that being merciful

to to animals

is a means for your forgiveness

As the Nabi salallahu alaihi wa sallam stated,

Allah was appreciative of this action, and

Allah forgave this person.

Giving water

is one of the best forms of charity

that you can give to any of Allah's

creation. Whether that creation might be humans or

whether the that creation might be animals. Subhan

Allah. Allah states in the Quran.

We have created every living

organism, everything

depends upon water. 70% of the earth is

water. 70% of our bodies, subhanAllah,

is consist of water. So water is life

and giving water, subhanAllah,

is from the best of deeds that one

can do. And also we learned from this

hadith

that sadaqah

and doing good even includes those who are

who don't share the same faith as ours.

Non Muslims,

they can also be recipients of good and

sadaqah subhanallah.

Why? Because the prophet said in every living

thing, there is good. May Allah subhanahu wa

ta'ala grant us from this mercy of the

messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam to be of

those

who share the mercy of the prophet, sallallahu

alaihi wa sallam. Shukran jazealon wa salaamu alaykum

wa rahmatullahi wabarakatuh.