I came across this picture and subhana'Allah I was so upset and thought of the different sayings of the prophet (pbuh) about the importance of being kind to animals... this poor donkey is so over loaded and reminded me of the hadith about the camel who complained to the prophet (pbuh) this also shows a miracle of the prophet (pbuh):
Once the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, was passing by a farm in Madinah when he came across a camel. The camel approached the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, as if it was telling him something. The Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, asked about the owner of of the camel and called upon him and told him, “Your camel is complaining that you overburden him with work, and gives him too little to eat.” [Narrated by Abu Daud, Al-Hakim, Imam Ahmad, and others and it is an authentic hadith]
Imagine if the prophet (saw) was here today what would this donkey say about his/her owner? Perhaps they will complain to Allah who knows Allah knows best... IF any of us do have pets we really need to take a lesson from this and make sure we look after them properly, treat them with kindness and mercy, feed them give them water. They are a responsibilty on us from Allah and we will be asked about them so its of utmost importance that we look after them properly!
We should also remember that we should not harm those animals which are in the wild for example birds in a tree.
Once while the prophet (saw) was with his companions he found a bird making a greaving sound. The Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, immediately said: “Who has frightened this bird by taking its offspring?” Then he commanded: “Return back her offspring.” In another hadith the Prophet, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, warned Muslims not to harm animals. He said: “A lady was put into the hellfire because of a cat. She tied up the cat and did not give her anything to eat nor did she allow it to look for food.”
From these ahadith we can see how important it is for us to look after animals and have mercy on them as it could literally lead us to paradise or hell! Dont be like the person who owns the donkey above rather be like someone who owns this little cat which is so well looked after, loved and fed (I know because its my sisters cat)
7 comments:
very important to look after animals as on the day of judgement they will come and get their right form anyone who has wronged them and then they will dissappear
Subana'allah thats a beautiful reminder masha'Allah... by the way I have just realised that the picture may actually be a horse!
I try not to harm animasl or nsects if I see a bee flying or a wasp I try to get it out of my window. I do draw the line at mice through Is it haram to use posion or mouse traps .
salaams humblemuslimah with regards to the mice Allah knows best but I did some research and found the following ive also pasted the link so you can read the full article... I will also look more into it from other sources...
http://www.islam-qa.com/special/index.php?ref=13778&ln=eng&subsite=1
Question:
What Ruling on killing mice and rats ?
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
There is nothing wrong with killing mice and rats, because ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them both) narrated that Hafsah said: the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:
“There are five animals for which there is no blame on the one who kills them: crows, kites (hawk-like birds), mice/rats, scorpions and mad dogs.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1828. (Translators’ note: the Arabic word fa’rah may refer to rats or mice, so both are mentioned in the translation).
Al-Qaasim ibn Muhammad said: I heard ‘Aa’ishah, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), say: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say:
“There are four things which are faasiq (corrupt) and may be killed at all times, whether one is in a state of ihraam [for Hajj and ‘Umrah] or not: kites, crows, mice/rats and mad dogs.” Narrated by Muslim, 1198.
Mice and rats are harmful creatures, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) explained:
Ibn ‘Abbaas said: a mouse (or rat) came and started dragging the wick (of the lamp). It threw it in front of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), onto the mat on which he was sitting, and it burnt a hole the size of a dirham. He said, “When you go to sleep, extinguish your lamps, for the Shaytaan will tell creatures like this to do something like this so that you will be burned.” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 5427.
The mice or rats that may live in people’s houses are among the harmful creatures or vermin (fuwaysiqah) which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded us to kill in all situations, whether we are in ihraam or not. The root of the word fuwaysiqah (fasaqa) means to deviate from the right way and to do harm; hence a sinner is described as “faasiq”, and these animals are called fawaasiq, as a metaphor for their evil nature; or it was said that it is because it is not haraam to kill them, whether one is in ihraam or not, for they have no sanctity or protection in any circumstances. Al-Tahaawi narrated in Ahkaam al-Qur’aan with his isnaad from Yazeed ibn Abu Nu’aym that he [Yazeed] asked Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri why mice/rats were called fuwaysiqah. He said: the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) woke up one night and saw that a mouse/rat had taken the wick of the lamp to burn down the house of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), so he got up and killed it, and said that it was permissible to kill them whether one is in ihraam or not. This was mentioned by al-‘Allaamah al-Dumayri.
That was a really interesting fatwa, its great when they include so much history instead of being like 'yes' or 'no'. i've learnt something new alhamdulillah.
I remember reading the hadith now .
In Quran and the hadith you will always find an answer to your problems. Islam is all time and all places.
ALLAHU AKBAR! Islam is the truth
Allah is the truth the Prophet Muhammad (saw) spoke the truth there for our way of life Al Islam is the truth!
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