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The
man is by nature inclined to accumulate the wealth. That is why Quran said :
"The man is very strong in
hankering after the wealth".
The
man pretends that his heaped-up wealth secures his requirement, therefore he
pines away in the way of saving more and more. This pretension comes as an
incentive to join the monetary race till his last breath, and during this race,
he is least concerned with the rights of big brothers. The precious store of
the energies, conferred upon him by the nature for some other purpose is
exhausted in plutolatry.
The
man pretends that all his earning is due to his manual power and therefore he is
at liberty to spend it as and where he desires, quite undeterred. This is the
ideology which gives rise in the man to arrogance and when this arrogance turns
to be a colossal tree, he is mentally detached from Allah and makes his entry
in the progeny of Qaroon.
And
in order to minimize the importance of the wealth in respect of the believers
and to realize them of the Divine bounties, the Quranic Verses hither and
thither encourage the believers to declare their wealth open for all needy
persons. They have been tried by several means to learn that to spend in the
way of Allah from his well-gotten property is akin to express the gratitude for
Allah. in this subject, the emphasis has been laid to the extent that Allah
declared :
"You shall not obtain .the good unless and
until you spend from what you like".
Quran
has presented a very broad spectrum for charitable expenditures where it says :
"They ask you (O Prophet) what to spend (in
the name of Allah) Say: What is above your need".
In
the light of these Divine Commandments, you have to spend more and more in the
service of the creature of Allah, starting right from your needy relative then
including other needy people too.
Keep
in your mind very strictly that all that you spend should be for the pleasure
of Allah, not for any biased purpose, reward or publicity.
Assist
the needy clandestinely so that you keep yourselves away from any vanity or
superiority feeling and so that you do not hurt the self-respect of your donee.
Don't repeat the mention of your kind deed before your donee and don't display
it. Allah says:
"O those who believe: Don't undo your
charities by reproach and injury."
If
some one asks you, don't injure him. If you have nothing to give, apologize in
appropriate words and suitable tone because Quran's order in this respect is
quite unequivocal :
"As regards the beggar, don't drive him away".
Our
prophet (P.B.U.H) was most distinguished in generosity and lending a hand to
the poorer. The followers were of the unanimous opinion that they never saw
more generous than the prophet (P.B.U.H). His attitude and presentation of the
practical example laid foundation of such a society where the people were
anxiously waiting to seize the chance of spending in the way of Allah. Our
Prophet (P.B.U.H) was so generous that no needy returned from his door
empty-handed. When he found nothing to spare, he borrowed from others and gave
the needy. Since pre-revelation period, he used to support the orphans, widows
and poorer. That is why Hazrat Khadijah (R.A.) consoled him with the following
words when he got perturbed to some extent in the wake of the first revelation.
"Don't worry ! Allah will not leave you alone
as you care For the Orphans and patronize the widows".
The
history provides the evidence that when Prophet (P.B.U.H) married Hazrat
Khadijah (R.A.) who was a wealthy lady of that time, and when all her wealth
and property devolved upon him as heir, He spent every thing in the way of
Allah. He spent every thing in the way of Allah.
The
followers of the Prophet(P.B.U.H) followed the same tradition which was left
for all mankind. Therefore Quran says:
"They prefer (others) to themselves though
they are poverty-stricken".
The
Prophet (P.B.U.H) instilled by all means to keep the wealth open in the way of
Allah. Once He said:
"The man repeatedly says : My money; Your
money is only what you ate so you consumed it, or what you put on so you wore
it out. "
He
(P.B.U.H) also said :
"O man : If you spend, it is better for you,
and if you hold, it is worse for you."
Therefore,
it is obligatory on our part to spend, as directed by our Prophet (P.B.U.H)
orally and practically. our earnings for the welfare of His bondsmen so that
our identity may be improved and the devil of uneven and unjust economic may be
ensnared. Our Prophet was always averse to the concentration of the wealth, and
had been advocating for its donation to the needy. Hazrat Abu Sayeed
Khudri(R.A.) narrates that Prophet (P.B.U.H) said :
"
One who has extra camel, he should grant
it one who has no and one who has supererogatory provision, he should grant it
to one who has no provision."
Hazrat
Abu Sayeed (R.A.) said : The Prophet (P.B.U.H) continued to mention one item to
another till we realized that we have no legitimate right in any thing, more
than our requirement.
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MERCIFUL, THE BENEVOLENT
Dedicated to those scientists, who are inching towards the cognizance of the facts, spotlighted by Allah Almighty, in the wake of their intelligent observation for the top vertex of scientific achievement, which is not other than the "Disastrous end of the Universe". And this is probably during 15th century of Lunar calendar.
