Here I want to tell you a simple and beautiful story I got when I attended a winter camp about a week ago. The winter camp was organized by Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS). It is an organization that consists of Student Islamic Societies of many universities across UK and Ireland.
First of all, I'd like to explain briefly what salam means to those who don't know about it. Salam (Arabic) means a greeting that muslims say to one another when they meet. Greeting in Islam (salam) is "Assalamu'alaikum", which means "Peace be upon you", and then you answer "Wa'alaikum salam" ("Peace be upon you too"). The complete version of salam is "Assalamu'alaikum warrahmatullahi wabarakatuh" ("Peace be upon you and so may the mercy of Allah and His blessings"). The greatness of salam is that for those who say salam to other muslims, they will be rewarded a palace in heaven.
Let's start the story. One day there was a gathering at Umar's house (Umar bin Khattab RA is one of the companions of Prophet Muhammad's SAW). In the middle of gathering, Ali bin Abu Thalib (cousin of Prophet Muhammad's SAW and one of his companions as well) came. Instead of saying salam, he asked Umar to say salam first. Other people there asked Ali, "Why did you ask Umar to say salam? Shouldn't it be you that say salam because you just came?" Ali answered, "I know, but I want him to get a palace in heaven. That's because I love Umar very much."
Awh..
That's such a short and simple story, but somehow went into my heart deeply. What Ali did is simply sweet.. :)
ps: The conversation above might not be exactly like that, just want the message of the story delivered.
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