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Lesson 50
Faithfulness to Generosity
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Faithfulness
· Faithfulness is the opposite of
betrayal and is found in one’s full commitment to a promise
or an agreement.
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Faithfulness brings grace and reward from Allah.Forbearance
·
Forbearance is patience and self-control especially during times of anger.The prophets displayed the most forbearance.Forgiveness
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Forgiveness is to forget harm and its impact within the heart, and it is more than just pardoning.· Forrgiveness is a sign of established belief.
· Forgiveness is an attribute of the prophets and pious people.
Generosity
· Islam calls to generosity and
prohibits stinginess and avarice.
· A condition for generosity is that it should be done without reproach or hurt.
Evidence from Qur'an and Sunnah
Faithfulness:
Allah says:
(المائدة: 1)
This means: “O you
who believe! Fulfill (your) obligations.”
(5, Al-Ma’idah: 1)
Allah says:
This
means: “And fulfill the Covenant of Allah (Bay'ah: pledge for Islam) when
you have covenanted, and break not the oaths after you have confirmed them,
and indeed you have appointed Allah your surety.” (16, An-Nahl: 91)
Allah says:
(الإسراء: 34)
This
means: “And fulfil (every) covenant. Verily! The covenant will be
questioned about.” (17, Al-Isra’: 34)
Allah says:
(البقرة: 177)
This
means: “And who fulfill their covenant when they make it, and who are
patient in extreme poverty and ailment (disease) and at the time of fighting
(during the battles). Such are the people of the truth and they are Al-Muttaqun
(the pious).” (2, Al-Baqarah: 177)
(البقرة: 27)
This
means: “Those who break Allah’s Covenant after ratifying it, and sever
what Allah has ordered to be joined (as regards Allah’s religion of
Islamic Monotheism, and to practice its laws on the earth and also as
regards keeping good relations with kith and kin), and do mischief on earth,
it is they who are the losers.” (2, Al-Baqarah: 27)
Allah's Messenger
(peace be upon him) said:
“Three
are the signs of a hypocrite: When he speaks, he tells lies, when he makes a
promise, he acts treacherously, and when he is trusted, he betrays (whoever
trusted him).” (Reported by Al-Bukhari
and Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Four are the qualities which, when found in a person, make him a sheer hypocrite, and one who possesses one of them, possesses one characteristic of hypocrisy until he abandons it. They are: When he is entrusted with something, he betrays trust; when he speaks, he lies; when he promises, he acts treacherously; and when he argues, he behaves in a very imprudent, insulting manner.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
Forbearance:
Allah says:
(الفرقان: 63)
This
means: “And when the foolish address them (with bad words) they reply back
with mild words of gentleness.” (25, Al-Furqan: 63)
Allah says:
This
means: “And when they hear AlLaghw (dirty, false, evil vain talk), they
withdraw from it and say: To us our deeds, and to you your deeds. Peace be
to you. We seek not the ignorant.” (28, Al-Qasas: 55)
Allah says:
(المؤمنون: 3)
This
means: “And those who turn away from Al-Laghw (dirty, false, evil vain
talk, falsehood, and all that Allah has forbidden).” (23, Al-Mu’minun:
3)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“The
strong man is not that who wrestles, but the strong man is that who controls
himself in a fit of rage.” (Reported
by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“And
if a man imputes to you of bad things he knows you possess, do not impute to
him bad things that you know he has.” (Reported
by Abu Dawud)
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah
be pleased with him ) narrated that a man said to the Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him):
The Holy Prophet (peace
be upon him) said:
“The
one who swallows up anger in spite of possessing the power to give effect to
his anger will be called out by Allah, the Exalted, to the forefront of the
creatures on the Resurrection Day and will be put to option about any
pure-eyed virgin he will like.” (Reported
by Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said to Ashajj `Abdul Qays (may Allah be pleased with
him):
“You possess two such qualities as Allah loves. These are forbearance and leniency.”
(Reported by Muslim)
Forgiveness:
Allah says:
(البقرة: 109)
This
means: “But forgive and overlook, till Allah brings His Command.”
(2, Al-Baqarah: 109)
Allah says:
(المائدة: 13)
This
means: “But forgive them, and overlook (their misdeeds). Verily, Allah
loves AlMuhsinun (gooddoers).” (5, Al-Ma’idah: 13)
Allah says:
(الحجر: 85)
This
means: “So overlook (O Muhammad SAW), their faults with gracious
forgiveness.” (15, Al-Hijr: 85)
Allah says:
This
means: “The good deed and the evil deed cannot be equal. Repel (the evil)
with one which is better (i.e. Allah ordered the faithful believers to be
patient at the time of anger, and to excuse those who treat them badly),
then verily! He, between whom and you there was enmity, (will become) as
though he was a close friend.” (41, Fussilat: 34)
Allah says:
(الشورى: 40)
This
means: “The recompense for an evil is an evil like thereof, But whoever
forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah.” (42,
Ash-Shura: 40)
(الشورى: 43)
This
means: “And verily, whosoever shows patience and forgives that would truly
be from the things recommended by Allah.”
(42, Ash-Shura: 43)
Ibn Kathir reported
that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, on the Conquest of Mecca:
“O you people of Quraysh! What do you think of the treatment that I am about to accord to you?” They replied: O noble brother and son of noble brother! We expect nothing but goodness from you. Upon this he said: I speak to you in the same words as Yusuf (the Prophet Joseph) spoke unto his brothers:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
“Allah augments the honor of that who forgives.”
(Reported by Muslim)
Generosity:
Allah says:
This
means: “As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and
fears Him, And believes in Al-Husna (goodness). We will make smooth for him
the path of ease. But he who is greedy miser and thinks himself
self-sufficient. And gives the lie to Al-Husna. We will make smooth for him
the path for evil; And what will his wealth benefit him when he goes down
(in destruction).” (92, Al-Layl: 5 - 11)
Allah says:
(الحشر: 9)
This
means: “And whosoever is saved from his own covetousness, such are they
who will be the successful.” (59, Al-Hashr: 9)
(المنافقون:
10)
This
means: “And spend (in charity) of that with which We have provided you,
before death comes to one of you and he says: My Lord! If only You would
give me respite for a little while (i.e. return to the worldly life), then I
should give Sadaqah (i.e. Zakat) of my wealth, and be among the righteous
[i.e. perform Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah)].” (63, Al-Munafiqun: 10)
Allah says:
(البقرة: 267)
This means: “You
who believe! Spend of the good things which you have (legally) earned, and
of that which We have produced from the earth for you, and do not aim at
that which is bad to spend from it.”
(2, Al-Baqarah: 267)
Allah says:
This
means: “By no means shall you attain Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, etc.,
it means here Allah's Reward, i.e. Paradise), unless you spend (in Allah's
Cause) of that which you love; and whatever of good you spend, Allah knows
it well.” (3, Al-`Imran: 92)
Allah says:
(البقرة: 261)
This means: “The
likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, is as the
likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a
hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He wills. And Allah is
All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower.”
(2, Al-Baqarah: 261)
There are many more
verses that urge people to be generous.
Allah's Messenger
(peace be upon him) said:
“Every
day, servants (of Allah)
get up at morn, two angels
descend. One of them says: O Allah, give him more who spends
(for the sake of Allah),
and the other says: O Allah, bring destruction to one who withholds.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“And
give up miserliness as it was a cause of perishing those who lived before
you. It drove them to shed each others' blood and breach each others'
sanctity.” (Reported by Muslim)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“He
who believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him show hospitality to his
guest.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari)
“Two
qualities are not in a Muslim; stinginess and bad manners.” (Reported by At-Tirmidhi)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“What
is most evil in a man are alarming niggardliness and unrestrained
cowardice.” (Reported by Abu Dawud)
Allah's Messenger
(peace be upon him) said:
“No envy except in two: A man whom Allah has given property, empowering him to dispose of it (on what is right), and a man whom Allah has given wisdom by which he judges and teaches it.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)Allah’s Messenger
(peace be upon him) said:
“Who among you
considers the wealth of his heirs dearer to him than his own wealth?”
They
replied: O Allah's Messenger! There is none among us but loves his own
wealth more. The Prophet said,
“So his wealth is whatever he spends
(in Allah's Cause)
during his life
(on good deeds)
while the wealth of his heirs is whatever he leaves after his death.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Protect yourselves from Hell-fire even though by giving half of a date in charity.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari)