Generosity
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImam as-Sadiq (a) narrated: In al-Jirana, the Prophet (s) distributed the treasury among people. He gave every single individual who asked from him. As people crowded around him, they pushed […]
Miserliness ( Bukhl)
The Respectable Destitute
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce Amirul Mu’mineen (peace be upon him) sent nine hundred kilograms of dates from his own farm situated in Yanba’ (in the outskirts of Medinah) for one person. This person was of […]
Zakaat from Tha’labah Ansaari not Accepted
Reading Time: 3 minutesOnce, Tha’labah Ibn Haatib Ansaari approached the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) and beseeched: “O’ Prophet of God! Pray to God that He grants me wealth and riches.” “Little wealth for which you are […]
The Miser’s Sin
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnce, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) was engaged in circling the Ka’bah seven times when he witnessed a man holding the curtain of the Ka’bah and imploring: O’ God! By the sanctity […]