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A recent report in the NY Times described the Syrian refugee crisis as the most dire in a generation. According to the report, the Syrians predicament is even worse than that unleashed by the Rwandan genocide:
"Syrian refugees now total 2.1 million, and the United Nations predicts their numbers could swell to 3.5 million by the end of the year."
Have you ever thought of the suffering a refugee goes through? Could you imagine the conditions of a family which, after years of living a happy and secure life, finds itself all of a sudden displaced of the homeland?
They have to walk tens or even hundreds of miles to find a safe refugee camp where they can sleep; they may spend nights and days with no enough food; parents’ hearts are shattered by the cries of their scared kids and some families may lose one or more of their members in the difficult, risky journey.
It is our duty as Muslims to extend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters who are going through this terrible experience. Following are 15 hadiths that remind us of this significant obligation. Please read and act:
One Ummah, One Body
1. Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A believer to another believer is like a building whose different parts reinforce each other. (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
2. An-Nu`man ibn Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The similitude of believers in their mutual love, mercy and fellow-feeling is that of one body; when one part aches, all (the parts of) the body call one another (to share the pain) through sleeplessness and fever. (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
3. Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He neither oppresses him nor lets him down nor looks down upon him. The piety is here, (and while saying so, he pointed towards his chest thrice.) It is a serious evil for a Muslim that he should look down upon his Muslim brother. The whole of a Muslim for another Muslim is inviolable: his life, his property, and his honor. (Muslim)
Time of Mercy
4. Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Allah does not show mercy to whoever does not show mercy to people. (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
5. `Abdullah ibn `Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Those who show mercy will be shown mercy by the Merciful [Lord.] Show mercy to those on earth, and He Who is in the heavens will show mercy to you. (At-Tirmidhi and authenticated by Al-Albani)
6. Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
You can never be (true) believers until you show mercy to one another.
The Companions said, "We all show mercy, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet replied,
It is not the compassion that any one of you shows to his friend. It is the compassion and mercy that you show the people in general [that I mean]. (At-Tirmidhi)
For Your Benefit Too
7. `Abdullah ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah said,
A Muslim is the brother of another Muslim – he does not wrong him nor does he forsake him when he is in a trouble; whosoever fulfills the needs of his brother, Allah fulfills his needs; whosoever removes distress from a believer, Allah removes from him one of the distresses of the Day of Resurrection; and whosoever conceals the faults of a Muslim, Allah will conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection. (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
8. Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Every day… two angels come down from Heaven and one of them says, 'O Allah! Compensate every person who spends (in Your cause,)' and the other (angel) says, 'O Allah! Bring destruction to one who withholds.' (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
9. Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Allah, the Exalted, said, 'Spend, O son of Adam, so you will also be spent upon (by Allah). (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
10. `Adi ibn Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Save yourself from Hell-fire even by giving half a date-fruit (in charity.) (Al-Bukhari)
Du`aa' for Them
11. Abu Ad-Darda' (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet said:
The supplication of a Muslim for his (Muslim) brother in his absence will be answered. An angel is appointed at the head of the (supplicating) person; so every time he makes a supplication for his brother’s good, the angel says: 'Ameen! May it be for you, too'. (Muslim)
To Syrian Brothers and Sisters
12. Ibn `Abbas reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him said:
… Know that there is a lot of goodness in your endurance of situations you dislike; that victory comes with patience and relief comes with distress; and that hardship is accompanied with ease. (Ahmad and authenticated by Ahmad Shakir)
13. Abu Sa`id and Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with them) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
No fatigue, nor disease, nor anxiety, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick he receives from a thorn, but that Allah expiates some of his sins for that. (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
14. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He whom Allah intends good, He makes him to suffer from some affliction. (Al-Bukhari)
15. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A Muslim, male or female, continues to remain under trial in respect of his life, property, and offspring until he faces Allah, the Exalted, with no sin record. (At-Tirmidhi)
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