The importance of spreading Peace
📖Sunan Ibn Majah 3693
Abu Umamah reported: “Our Prophet ﷺ commanded us to spread (the greeting of) peace.”
Description:
This hadith highlights one of the simplest yet most powerful commands in Islam: spreading the greeting of peace, “As-Salamu Alaikum.” But this greeting is more than just words. It is an act of love, humility, and kindness. It is a way to bring hearts closer and remove barriers of hatred, ego, or misunderstanding, Saying Salam is the beginning of peace, but peace must also be reflected in our behavior. That includes making others happy, comforting their hearts, and being a source of ease for them.
What We Learn Today:
- Spreading peace is active Sunnah, not just a greeting, but a lifestyle.
- Making others happy is a form of charity. A smile, kind word, or simple act of help can be ibadah (worship).
- Bringing peace includes calming people, solving fights, or offering support.
- The Prophet ﷺ was known for making people feel safe, valued, and happy, and this hadith is part of that legacy.
Quranic Context:
📖Quran 4:86
When you are greeted with a greeting, respond with one better than it or return it in like manner. Surely Allah is ever a Careful Account-Taker of all things.
Responding to greetings with kindness is a command, and returning peace is a path to reward.
📖Quran 94:5–6
So, surely with hardship comes ease. Indeed, with hardship comes ease.
Making others feel ease and happiness is walking in the path of the Qur’an, you reflect Allah’s mercy.
📖Quran 16:90
Indeed, Allah commands justice, kindness, and giving to relatives…
Spreading peace and kindness aligns with the foundation of Islam’s moral teachings.
Spreading peace Making people happy, The character of a true believer, A simple “As-Salamu Alaikum” or a kind smile might seem small, but in Allah’s sight, it can be the key to Paradise and the cure to a heart, Islam doesn’t ask you to move mountains, it asks you to bring peace to the hearts around you.