Smile:-)

The Star front page today has an article on:Smile ,if you are with the civil service. Below is an extract I took from the book The Ideal Muslim on the same  subject:

He meets them with a smiling face

The muslim should always be pure of heart and cheerful of countenance.He should not meet his brothers except with warm and smiles,as the Prophet(s.a.w) said:

"Do not think little of good deed even if it is just greeting your brother with a cheerful countenance".-Muslim

Having a cheerful and friendly face is a good characteristic which Islam encourages and considers to be a good deed which will bring reward,because a cheerful face mirrors  a pure soul.This inward and outward purity is one of the the distinguishing features of sincere  Muslim.Hence the Prophet(s.a.w) said:

"Your smile at your brother is an act of charity(sdaqah)."-al-Tirmidhi

Saiyidina 'Ali said:"When two Muslims meet and converse,Allah s.w.t will forgive the one who has the most cheerful face".
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My comments: In our hectic lifestyle, our minds are too pre-occupied with our work  that we tend to forget to smile anymore. Do you agree?
I tried to smile to my neighbours, but one of them gave me a blank face. May be, my smile is not attractive enough;-)

Comments

[Honeytar]

Abedib, when you smile at your neighbour, maybe you ter-wink. hehehhh... :)

[khairil]

Assalamua'laikum AbeDib& friends!

"Senyum itu sadaqah"....and yet susah orang nak senyum! (Senyum gelenyar not included in this category lah ok!)
I have experienced giving away smile and salams to people only to receive nothing in return...agaknya dia tak hadir kelas masa hari ustaz/ustazah dia ajar kalau org bagi salam wajib jawab dgn bagi org tu dengar atau kalau jauh dengan isyarat pun tak apa.

Biarlah diorang...orang tak nak senyum kat kita, kita tak rugi satu sen pun, kan AbeDib?!

[Adib]

May be I have a few missing teeth-that is why;-)
I should consider seeing my dentist for some NEW FALSE teeth.That may work:-)

[crimsonskye]

a smile can go a long way :)

[atok]

susah sungguh org msia esp. at service counters nak senyum. i dont think we'll ever get friendly greetings such as "how're you love?", "hi", "may i help", etc which are very common here.

a simple smile and "hi2 in msia would label us 'gatal' or 'mengada-ngada'... haiya.