Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There is none amongst the Muslims who plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, but is regarded as a charitable gift for him."
Tending the Earth is a form of ibada. Planting, nurturing and harvesting are skills we can all benefit from.
Here at the Wibsey Community Gardens we are learning to make the most of our gardens, pots and window boxes. We hope to learn about the different soils, seeds, plants and organic gardening.
During our first two sessions we experienced the different textures and flavours of many salad leaves we had never even heard of.
We planted seeds of mooli (radish) and sunflowers.
We connected to the earth by removing our gloves and turning the soil with our henna-decorated hands.
We came home with bags of delicious organic salad leaves and spinach, alhamdullilah.
