The Prophet (saaw) said:
“Never a Muslim plants a tree, but he has the reward of charity for him; for what is eaten out of that is charity, what is stolen out of that, what the beasts eat out of that, what the birds eat out of that, is charity for him.” [Bukhari]
Today I talked to the children about the awesome concept of sadaqah jaariyah as we drove to our tree planting session.
How awesome is this concept and how merciful is Allah (swt) that there are actions which we will still be rewarded for well after the action is done and maybe even well after we have left this earth!!!
Tree planting is something Iwould definitely like to do again and it's something i'd definitely recommend others to do with their children aswell.
As you can see we had loads of fun.
The girls found this interesting looking branch and we were told it has what's called 'coral fungi' growing on it.
Fifi obviously didn't do much digging but she had a go. She also became very friendly with some worms we pulled out.
This is a crab apple tree that she helped to plant. We named it 'Fifi', after her which she got all excited about.
The Prophet (saaw) said:
"The example of a believer is that of a fresh tender plant; from whatever direction the wind comes, it bends it, but when the wind quietens down, the plant becomes straight again..." [ Bukhari]
We are living in difficult times. I pray that Allah (swt) enables our tender, innocent children to remain upright in the face of every trial and challenges they may encounter. Ameen
