Kindness

By:

Marini

My friends always tell me that I am a kind person, a person who is willing to help anyone as possible as I could. They see me as a problem solver. I don't know whether it is true or not. After all, people is our best mirror to see the truth inside us.

My family will seek help from me if they need help in financial problem. A few of my friends also will seek me with the same problem. As long as I can remember, I helped them by lending them some money. Sometimes I gave them without having any intention to get the money back. It is called as "sedekah" or giving away as a charity. In fact, a few of my friends never return the money although they were making promises to pay me back. I don't mind at all. I call it as "tak ada rezeki" or having the faith that the money is not mine. 

I am helping them not because I am so rich but because I know the feel of not having anything. However, sometimes I am thinking by myself, if I need help especially in money, who will help me? I can't think of any single person who really can help me. At least,that is what my husband always reminds me. By the way, I am so grateful of having a supportive husband who is always helps me to help people. He doesn't mind to help others too although sometimes he is nagging at me of being so kind to people without considering about ourselves. We argued about this a lot. For me, it is a great thing to do if we give people in need what we don't have but in his opinion we have to think about ourselves first before giving away to somebody else because if we are in trouble,no one we will help us. Well, I believe that God will reward us with a good thing if we help people sincerely. 

"Sedekah" is one of the ways to clean our inner spirit. "Sedekah" is something that is encouraged in Islam. We share what we have to others without hoping to get rewards from them. "Sedekah" also is one of the efforts that I need to do to get pregnant. "Make a lot of sedekah, then Allah will ease you to conceive", some people will say. That is what we as a husband and wife is doing right now and in sha Allah will continue doing it.

In spite of helping people with money, my friends also see me as someone who will ease someone's work. My principle is if we ease other people's business, Allah will ease our business too. But my problem is I don't like to seek help from people because I am afraid to be rejected although I never reject when people need my help but I believe somehow Allah will help me in some other ways. I will keep helping people the best way as I could and I give my whole hope to Allah to take care of my business like I take care of others' business as well.

Spread your kindness to everyone today. You may not know how Allah will pay for your kindness. Always have believe in Allah which He will take care of you when you are in a big trouble. Sometimes He will send an angel(malaikat) to help you,who knows.

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