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generously and anyone who believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep

quiet." [From Bukhari & Muslim] Being generous to the guest is Sunnah (tradition) loved by

Allah and His Apostle and He rewards big wages on it. Islam not only ordered helping others,

but it asked to stop and shun hurting them.

Now, after we have learned how Islam took care of this social side and preserved the safety ofthe society, cohesion and spread of love, friendliness, sympathetic and compassion among

believers, we would like to ask: Is there a scientific miracle or medical and psychological

benefits for this deed?!

Research attests that helping others cure stress

Experts in psychology confirm that helping others lead to ease stress, where getting involved in

assisting others stimulates excretion of Endorphin, a hormone which helps in feeling

psychological comfort and excitement.

Allan Lex, former manager of "Health Promotion Institute" in USA, affirmed that helping others

assists in easing the intensity of stress, where helping others lessens one's thinking of his

personal worries and problems and by doing so, he feels psychological comfort.

The researcher pointed out the necessity of availability of three basic terms for helping others to

enjoy the positive benefits of offering a hand, assistance should be systematic, offering personal

contact between the helper and who asked for help and the latter who asked for help should be

from outside the circle of acquaintances, family and friends.

The researcher asserted that man is not compelled to help foreigners, and he has total freedom

to make the help decision or not. That freedom is considered very important to attain the

required psychological results from helping others; on the other hand, one may be compelled to

help friends and relatives.

Depression, a disease of the era, affects millions yearly in the world outside the Islamic zone.

The disease leads to commit suicide; nevertheless, Islam is very keen of the believer and askshim to love goodness and helping others, because Allah Almighty knows that this deed cures

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depression and raises the immune system in human See with me the greatness of this re

ligion Does it not deserve to be followed!

Previous scientific studies showed the importance of tolerance, forgiving others and not to take

offense All those lead to improving the eff iciency of the immune system in human and

therefore protecting him from different diseases. We can say that any good deed we do mayhelp in improving the mood, raising the immune system level and giving the body an extra dose

of im mune against diseases and especially

stress.

When Islam cared for good deeds, it has introduced this legalization for the benefits of human,

society, and for attaining rewards in life and the Hereafter. Therefore, we encounter many

verses urging the believer to cooperate and offer services to others for free and without a

reward.

See, how this researcher after a number of tests discovered that the best kind of helping is

when you do not ask for money or thanks as a return for your help, here we realize the

importance of Almighty's saying, "And they feed, for the love of Allah, the indigent, the orphan,

and the captive, (Saying),"We feed you for the sake of Allah alone: no reward do we desire from

you, nor thanks. " [Man: 8, 9]

O Allah make all our deeds pure, for the sake of Your gratification, fear of Your punishment, and

love to the Seal of Prophets (pbuh)

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By: Abduldaem Al-Kaheel

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