Kindness

Posted under adab, why i am a muslim by rahma

  

During my Wednesday web rambling, I happened upon a cute little blog button on somewhere that I now can’t remember.  Ah ha, I thought to myself, that’s exactly what I need.  I’m a nice person right?  I’ve always believed kindess is an important (and often overlooked) part of Islam.  Time and time again in the Prophet’s sirah and ahadith we find examples of the Prophet (saws) displaying kindness, patience, and good humor.  After all, a smile is sadaqa, and what is a smile but a bit of kindness shown to the people you meet?

So I clicked on the button and searched high and low for a “link to us” page.  Alas, none to be found, but I did find a wonderful little project called “Random Acts of Kindness.”  Having recently read through some of Riyad as-Salihin, I dug about and paraphrased a few ahadith for submission.  Low and behold, a few get published on the site, and I’m now the proud winner of the “Kind Blogger Badge.”  Huzzah!