MAS Web Editor posted on June 11, 2010 16:41
Go green and plant a tree!
Obviously, there are many benefits that come with planting trees. Consider planting deciduous trees on the south, east, or west sides of your house. Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the winter and grow them again in the summer. This way, your house will be shaded on hot summer days, and warmed up in the winter. Not only will your trees benefit the environment, but they will also help you save cash on cooling and heating bills!
“Whoever plants trees, God will give him reward to the extent of their fruit.”
Musnad, v, 415.
“Whoever reclaims and cultivates dry, barren land will be rewarded by God for the act. So long as men and animals benefit from it He will record it for him as almsgiving.”
al-Munawi, Fayd al-Qadir, vi, 39
“Whoever plants a tree, reward will be recorded for him so long as it produces fruit.”
Majma' al-Zawaid, v, 480.
If a Muslim plants a tree, that part of its produce consumed by men will be as almsgiving for him. Any fruit stolen from the tree will also be as almsgiving for him. That which the birds eat will also be as almsgiving for him. Any of its produce which people may eat thus diminishing it, will be as almsgiving for the Muslims who planted it.
Bukhari, Tajrid al-Sahih, vii, 122
The reward accruing from seven things continue to reach the person concerned even if he is in his grave: knowledge he has taught, water he has provided for the public benefit, any well he has dug, any tree he has planted, a mosque he has built, recitations of the Qur’an bequeathed to him, and children who pray for him after his death.
al-Munawi, Fayd al-Qadir, iv, 87