format_quote Originally Posted by
ardianto
If you really got 20 millions, are you sure you would pay zakat in correct amount?. :)
There are many Muslims who start their business with intention "In Shaa Allah, I will always pay zakat and also give sadaqah". However, when they start gain money they begin to forget to pay zakat and give sadaqah.
Assalaamu alaikum,
(smile) This reminds me of a man at the time of the Prophet (SAWS) who wanted wealth. The Prophet (SWAS) warned him that it would not be good for him, but the man insisted that he would behave well with it. So he was given livestock. And they multiplied very well, and he became a wealthy man. But as a consequence of his wealth, he felt the need to move away from the masjid, and started to neglect coming to prayers, and he became more and more neglectful of paying his zakat. Finally, he was warned by the Prophet to remember to give. But he did not. Until one day, Revelation came concerning him, that rejected him. Wealth, indeed, had been very harmful to him.
We all like to think that if we had wealth, that we would share it. We think that we would actually feel the abundance of our wealth and have no problem in giving it away. But the reality is that the more you have, the harder it tends to be to give it away. Because people generally
don't feel wealthy. They tend to keep looking at those who have more. They tend to want to "fit in" with those who have much. And it becomes
imperative to get that luxury yacht and that private aircraft and the ridiculous mansions with servants galore...paying $25 on your savings is so much easier to do than paying $500,000 on your $20 millions...
There are exceptions. Some people do well, and can enjoy sharing with others. But often we do not. Poverty is a hard test. But wealth is perhaps a harder test, because the wealthy person is more tempted to excess, and less feeling the need to rely on God.
(smile) May Allah, the Bountiful, Gift us only with that which we can bear.