Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, Ameer and Missionary in Charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana, has called on Muslims to embrace compassion as a means of strengthening communities and promoting national unity.
He said the life of the Holy Prophet exemplified compassion, stressing that such virtues extended to all humanity and living beings.
Alhaji Salih made the call on Saturday, March 21, during a sermon to mark the 2026 Eid-ul-Fitr celebration at Ashongman in Accra.
“The word ‘compassion’ literally refers to a deep awareness of another person’s pain. With this, you identify with the person’s pain and together work out, with a sincere desire, ways and means to ease that suffering,” he said.
According to him, the Holy Qur’an presents compassion not as an optional virtue but as a fundamental requirement of faith.
Alhaji Salih expressed concern that society, including the Ghanaian community, was gradually losing its sense of compassion and urged immediate action to reverse the trend.
“Growing economic hardships have led to the instinct to preserve oneself from harm, danger or destruction,” he said.
“Rising cost of living and economic pressure have pushed people into a survival mindset, with each caring only for their personal needs and those of their immediate relations.”
He noted that the increasing number of street children and the neglect of persons living with disabilities were clear signs of declining empathy in society.
“Aggressiveness, disrespect for diverging views, mockery of people’s woes and the celebration of others’ failures have become the order of the day,” he added.
Alhaji Salih emphasised that the call for compassion was universal and not limited to Muslims alone.
“To our Christian brothers and sisters and people of other faiths, we share common values of love, kindness and service,” he said.
“Let us work together to build a society rooted in these principles,” he urged.
