{And let not those who are stingy with what God has given them of His bounty think that it is good for them, but rather it is evil for them…} | ISLAMHUDAA

Al-Bukhari from the hadith of Abu Hurairah – may God be pleased with him – who said: The Messenger of God – may God’s prayers and peace be upon him – said: “Whoever God gives money to and does not pay its zakat, his money will appear to him as a brave man, bald.[3]He will have two raisins encircling him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will hold them by both of them – meaning by his cheeks – and say: “I am your owner, I am your treasure.” Then he recited this verse: And let not those who are miserly with what God has given them of His bounty think that it is good for them. Rather, it is evil for them. On the Day of Resurrection, and to God belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the earth, and God is Aware of what you do And it was mentioned in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Jabir – may God be pleased with him – that the Prophet – may God’s prayers and peace be upon him – said: “There is no owner of a treasure who does not do what is due to it, but his treasure will come on the Day of Resurrection, brave and knocking, and he will follow him with his mouth open. If he comes to him, he will flee from it, and he will call to him: Take your treasure that you have hidden, for I am free from it. So if he sees that it is inevitable, he puts his hand in it.”[4]He gnaws it like a stallion gnaws.”

• One of the benefits of the verse is that withholding zakat is considered a major sin that leads to hellfire.

• Among them: encouraging generosity and avoiding miserliness.

• Among them: warning against a person spending his life and money on what he inherits as a sin or a punishment on the Day of Resurrection.

• Among them: Everything that a person is given in terms of money, prestige, power, and knowledge is a fleeting offering, and its owner perishes and disappears, and there is no meaning in retaining what perishes. Rather, he must put everything in its place that suits it, and spend it in its appropriate ways. Thus, he will be a successor to God in completing His wisdom on earth, and a good person in disposing of what God left him with.

• Among them: Sharia stinginess is the prevention of performing what is obligatory, but whoever prevents what is not obligatory, is not stingy.

• Among them: Beneficial hoarding is what remains of benefit after death, such as faith, good deeds, and good words. If the benefit of that remains, and through it the greatest wealth is attained, and it is stated in some Israeli monuments: The believer’s treasure is his Lord. Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said: This means that he does not treasure anything except his obedience and fear, and his love and closeness to Him. Whoever treasures his Lord will find it when he needs Him, as in the commandment of the Prophet – may God bless him and grant him peace – Ibn Abbas, as in the Musnad of Imam Ahmad[5]“Save God and He will protect you. Save God and you will find Him before you. Get to know God in prosperity, and He will know you in hardship.”

• Among them: that disobedient people are tortured in a way that they disobeyed, and there are authentic hadiths about that, as in the hadith of Abu Hurairah – may God be pleased with him – in Muslim: “Whoever kills himself with an iron, his iron will be in his hand.[6] With it in his stomach in the fire of Hell, he will abide therein forever, and whoever drinks poison and kills himself, he will drink it.[7]In the fire of Hell, he will abide therein forever, and whoever falls from a mountain and kill himself, he will fall back into the fire of Hell, abiding therein forever.”