Those who are merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to the inhabitants of earth and the One in the heaven will be merciful to you
Narrator in the source: ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas reported that the Prophet
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who are merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to the inhabitants of earth and the One in the heaven will be merciful to you."- Grade in the source
- Authentic
- Reported by
- Narrated by Abu Dāwūd, At-Tirmidhi, and Ahmad
- Source entry
- HadeethEnc · 8289 ↗
Original Arabic wording
عن عبد الله بن عمرو رضي الله عنهما أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «الرَّاحِمُونَ يَرْحَمُهمُ الرَّحمنُ، ارحَمُوا أهلَ الأرضِ يَرْحْمْكُم مَن في السّماء».Understand this hadith
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) points out that those who show mercy to others are shown mercy by the Most Merciful with His mercy, which encompasses all things - a fitting recompense. Then, he (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) enjoined mercy towards all those on earth, including human beings, animals, birds, and other kinds of creatures. As recompense for that, Allah, from above His heavens, will show mercy to you.
Lessons from the hadith
- Islam is the religion of mercy, and it is entirely based upon obedience to Allah and benevolence to the creation.
- Allah Almighty possesses the attribute of mercy, and He, Exalted be He, is the Most Merciful, the Ever-Merciful, and He brings mercy to His servants.
- Recompense is of the same type of action. So, the merciful people are shown mercy by Allah.
References (original Arabic)
سنن أبي داود (7/ 297) (4941). سنن الترمذي (3/ 483) (1924). مسند أحمد ط الرسالة (11/ 33) (6494). تحفة الأحوذي بشرح جامع الترمذي، لمحمد المباركفورى (6/ 43). سلسلة الأحاديث الصحيحة وشيء من فقهها وفوائدها، للألباني (2/ 594). معارج القبول بشرح سلم الوصول إلى علم الأصول، حافظ الحكمي (1/ 156).