Some words never fade away with time. They are like Gold
always remaining valuable and always useful in whatever situation. Such are the
words of my mother. may Allah bless her.
Many times she would use them to correct us, when we would take things and replace them carelessly, or when we would disarrange some place we met well arranged.
Soon we had learned and we tried to keep things back in their place, the way we met them or make sure that we arrange a place just the way we met it when we were about to leave. That was okay. But that was not the instruction actually. she could have said "Always leave a place the way you met it" but instead she said "BETTER".
I have only come to understand and appreciate the wisdom behind these words. Alhamdulillaah.
It goes far beyond the obvious, it doesn't only require a physically visible effort on a physically visible place, but rather, it encompasses a whole lot more than that.
Since childhood she had always rang these particular words in our ears;
"Always Leave A Place Better Than You Met It".
Many times she would use them to correct us, when we would take things and replace them carelessly, or when we would disarrange some place we met well arranged.
Soon we had learned and we tried to keep things back in their place, the way we met them or make sure that we arrange a place just the way we met it when we were about to leave. That was okay. But that was not the instruction actually. she could have said "Always leave a place the way you met it" but instead she said "BETTER".
I have only come to understand and appreciate the wisdom behind these words. Alhamdulillaah.
It goes far beyond the obvious, it doesn't only require a physically visible effort on a physically visible place, but rather, it encompasses a whole lot more than that.
it is infact a reflection of what as Muslims, we should all
have in our minds.
It means not only to NOT worsen a situation, but to make it even BETTER. Whatever it is.
It means not only to NOT worsen a situation, but to make it even BETTER. Whatever it is.
Imagine a society or a world, where everyone is trying to make things better. Where
we have everyone trying to make an addition and improve on the status quo...not
just trying to remain indifferent and keeping from worsening the situation
(which is good), but making even more effort to make things better.
This draws from our relationship with people all the way
down to circumstances requiring our physical or mental effort. Whenever we meet people for example, we
should always want to leave them in a better state than we met them. It could
be by making them happier, reducing their burden or assisting them with something,
enlightening them with something from what we know (sharing our knowledge with
them), so that we make an addition to their current state in one way or the
other (bi idhnillah).
If it is at our workplace for example, we employ our mental
and physical effort to make a positive impact and add value to the place. For the
society at large, we should always be thinking of ways we can benefit one another
in goodness, how we can make things better. That should be our mindset.
And in our
homes, with friends, our immediate environment, it begins from there…we need to
practice this.
If every one of us would do this, then we would all be
collectively working towards betterment.
I read a quote
sometime ago, “do everything as if it makes a difference”…I would like to add, “because
it does, even if it doesn’t (seem to)…it does :)”
"...the best of people are those who bring the most benefit to mankind" -Muhammad (salAllahu Alayhi wa Sallam)
"...the best of people are those who bring the most benefit to mankind" -Muhammad (salAllahu Alayhi wa Sallam)
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