Kindness:Necessity of the Society

Muhammad Raghib
Aug 26, 2017 · 3 min read

According to Oxford Dictionary ,definition of kindness is: Caring about others: Gentle, Friendly and Generous”.Well I think of it as a secret ,devotional message from one heart to another.Talking about kindness and not mentioning Muhammad (PBUH),it would be wrong.Allah referred Prophet(PBUH) ‘Rahmat al il Alamin’ in the Quran. We translate this as ‘mercy to the universe’.The life of Muhammad(PBUH) is the best example of kindness to everything without any discrimination.I would like to share one of his quotes on kindness:

In my opinion kindness should not be planned nor measured.You just do random acts because deep inside your soul knows that's right and it needs to be done.Help anyone ,anywhere,anytime.Today I am going to share my experience of doing 5 random acts of kindness in a day(Wednesday).

1:Making breakfast for my Maid:

I woke up early in morning .I had a lot of work .I completed my work by doing extensive study of 2 hours.After that I went to kitchen to see whether my breakfast was ready or not.My maid was making my breakfast.She was severely ill.I told her to leave the work and do some rest.Then I made my own breakfast and also made breakfast for her too.Her expression were showing gratitude.I have no words to express her expressions.

2:Giving Lift to a Random Person:

I saw an old man standing on the signal ,asking for lift.I offered him.He started telling about himself.He told me that he was a painter and he got late from his work.I had some spare time so I told him ,I can drop him off to his destination.He was so happy.He started praying for me.He told me that he has to work in his old age because he has 2 daughters and he wanted to marry them.Then a shocking thing happened .We were standing of signal,waiting for light to turn green,one beggar came to us .Despite of being poor ,he helped him.I was smiling with my helmet on,I was astonished to see that how kindness spread.

3:Say Greetings(Aslam o alikum) to Random Persons:

I came up with the idea,I will greet every person I will see in my university.I said to greetings to guards,janitors,boys ,girls and even teachers.To sum up this experience in one line:It putted similes on their faces and it was an unforgettable experience.

4:Listening to Story of Corn Vender:

There is a corn vendor outside of our university.I always purchase corn from him.He sell corn in different city and his family lives in a different city.He only go home once a year.He was a in talking mood,we sat and talked,laughed,made jokes for about an hour.he was so much thankful,I cannot explain his feelings in words

5:Action of someone known:

Speaking of little acts of kindness ,what i did.It is necessary to mention what I got in return.I was collecting money for Edhi Foundation from my university fellows.I collected money for 4 hours.There was a girl .She had no money on her at that time but she asked for my locker number and promised that she will put donations in it.Next day I checked my locker and here’s what I found

These were 5 little acts of kindness that spread happiness.I can only anticipate that my words will motivate to do some random acts of kindness every day.Just one last thing “Being kind does not cost a dime.”Words,similes,little gestures are free so being kind because it’s a necessity of today’s society.

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