Is there anything more beautiful than that?

You see someone sitting on a branch. You intend to cause him harm. You are tempted to have this tree cut. But fortunately, you realised in time that you are also sitting on another branch of the same tree. Otherwise there would have been a great misfortune. In trying to sink the boat of another, you would have drowned yourself. We should not wish for the misfortune of others. We should not harm others. Who knows that your well-being may be found in the well-being of the person whom you want to harm. Is it wise to harm yourself? Obviously no, but without knowing, people harm themselves by hurting others. Thus, a person becomes his own enemy when he does not know how to behave well with the next person.

When a person behaves well with the next person and he wishes his well-being, then in reality, he is rendering himself a great service because by doing so, this will bring about his well-being in the Dunya and in the Aakhirah. When a person makes Dua for the next person, Allah Ta'ala designates a Farishta who says Ameen on his Dua and adds "May you also get the same". That is, if a person makes Dua for the welfare of someone, then the Farishta makes the same Dua for the person who is making that Dua. Is there anything more beautiful than that?

[English version of "Ena pli joli ki ça !!!" – Al Jamiat – Vol.7 No.7]