Small Acts of Kindness

I saw something which made me smile inside yesterday and then think.....

I was coming out of SuperDrugs (Manchester, Piccadily), and there were two scally looking native girls outside, talking to themselves. One was wearing a bubblegum pink velvet Tracksuit and had a sideways pony and the other i think had a hairband in her hair. Hairband girl said to Tracksuit girl 'Go on give it.' Tracky said to to friend 'Should I?' Hairband said 'Yeh go on, just give him a light, help him. Aww look at him.....' So Tracky got her lighter out and gave it to a an old man sitting outside Superdrugs. He had a dishevelled appearance and looked like he had spent the night out there. He was trying to strike a match to light his cigarette without avail. When she reached out to him he gave a surprised appeciative look to her. And that's about all i caught of the little scenario as i passed by.

Consider this. This old man struck a cord in those two scally girls' hearts. He looked lonely and sad and they wanted to help him in any little way they could. Although helping him clog up his lungs is detrimental to his health, so in the long run it's not very helpful. Nevertheless their heart was in the right place, Now i don't have a very high opinion of scallies, be they Caucasian, Asian or African. I am not a fan of scallies. Period. But even they have hearts. Some of us muslims could take lesson from them and im not talking about their dress sense!

Unfortunately for non muslim do gooders, their work is of no worth in the Hereafter as Allah says 'Shall we inform you of the greatest losers as to their deeds? (They are) those whose effort is lost in wordly life, while they think that they are doing well in work.' (18: 103-104)
We need to be careful we don't fall into this category people, as muslims, because our deeds can be lost also through wrong intentions. We think we're doing so much good but then comes the time of Reckoning and we have nothing.............That indeed would be the greatest lost.