Tender heart and mercy

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم

I pray that you are well.

Narrated Anas ibn Malik: We went with Allah's Messenger, Allah bless him and grant him peace, to the blacksmith Abu Sayf, and he was the husband of the wet-nurse of Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace). The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, took Ibrahim and kissed him and smelled him and later we entered Abu Sayf's house and at that time Ibrahim was in his last breadths, and the eyes of the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, started shedding tears. Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf said, "O Allah's Messenger, even you are weeping!" HE said, "O Ibn Awf, this is mercy." Then he wept more and said, "The eyes are shedding tears and the heart is grieved, and we will not say except what pleases our Lord, O Ibrahim! Indeed we are grieved by your separation."

Narrated Usama bin Zaid: We were with the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, when suddenly there came to him a messenger from one of his daughters who was asking him to come and see her son who was dying. The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said (to the messenger), "Go back and tell her that whatever Allah takes is His, and whatever He gives is His, and everything with Him has a limited fixed term (in this world). So order her to be patient and hope for Allah's reward." But she sent the messenger to the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, again, swearing that he should come to her. So the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, got up, and so did Sa`d bin 'Ubada and Mu`adh bin Jabal (and went to her). When the child was brought to the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, his breath was disturbed in his chest as if it were in a water skin. On that the eyes of the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace,became flooded with tears, whereupon Sa`d said to him, "O Allah's Messenger! What is this?" The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "This is mercy which Allah has put in the heart of His slaves, and Allah bestows His mercy only on those of His slaves who are merciful (to others)."

May Allah make our hearts tender and merciful to others. May Allah have mercy on us. Ameen.