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We were discussing that there are certain
things for which Allah gives preference to the rights of humans
over His own rights. These are Zakat and Haj. As far as Zakat
is concerned, it is obligatory only if you have material savings
for it to become due. Here we have another thing called Sadqa
which is not obligatory but there has no limit been set for it.
Humanity and Islamic amicability requires it. It has been left
to individual's conscious to give in charity what they can from
what ALLAH has given them. Here I would like to give example of
ghazwah e Tabook. Hazarat Abu Baker (RA) brought his total
possessions to donate. Hazart Omar (RA) brought half of
possessions and one companion of prophet (PBUH) brought only a
small measure of barley but that is all he had. People gave him
ridiculing looks, but prophet (PUBH) told them that he
supercedes all in the eyes of Allah and He accepted his deed
because he gave all he had. Even then he didn’t care for his own
and family's hunger.
Actually, these three examples were a
lesson for us all. They did whatever was put in there hearts by
Allah but left us examples of sacrifice to follow. It is for
Allah to grant you the capacity for good deeds; however it is up
to you to take initiation. This is what in Islam is called Saee
(efforts). Allah says that "Humans get what they struggle
for."The spirit of mawakhaat (brotherhood) between Muhajir and
Ansar is unique in the history of nations when Ansars (locals)
shared their things with Muhajirs (Immigrants) in Medina. So
much so that some Ansar even shared their families as many
Mohajirs had left their families due to various reasons. Due to
this there was the risk of corruption in the society, because
it was the custom in Arabs that they used to collect dowry on
girls. This was new example for sacrifice.
All this detail is to show that even if
Zakat is not due on you, still you can give. Even if you don’t
have any material things to give then even a smile towards
others is a sadqa according to prophet‘s (pubh) saying. It will
be rewarded by Allah subahnahu ‘tala tenfold. If you show
kindness to others, they will respect you for this and on top of
this you will receive tenfold reward from Allah and this will be
continuing process. Allah says that "Reward for giving from
Allah is tenfold or it can be even more. Or unlimited "This is
only if you give in the name of ALLAH. There are numerous
examples of companions of prophet (pubh). You can say that they
were different people, because they were trained by prophet (pubh)
himself. How can we fallow them? But what about reverend
Soophis in this regard. Companions of the prophet (PUBH) were
guided by him but the Soophees came later and left us excellent
examples to follow. We can still follow these examples. There
are people even now who consider the needs of others more
important then their own and give quietly. They hide their
sacrifices rather than publicizing these. They don't show off
and also don't hurt other's self respect by talking about it.
People who make a show of their charity and not sincere with
Allah, He will have their deeds thrown back to their faces
because they are doing it not for Allah alone.
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