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.
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.
In shaa Allah I will get billions.
And then give sadaqah and give my family a nice place to live and stuff.
It is said:
Angels will say to whoever witholds: Yaa Allah withold form hom.
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.
Now I am not the perfect Muslim, far from it, but Zakat is something I work out every year and happily give away to charity. I even started doing my calculations 2 months in advance, and had all the money ready in a large enveloped ready to donate. And I always take out an extra £100 on top in case I have miscalculated or done something wrong. I am keen! LOL.
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.
(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.
Wa'alaikumsalam.
I learned from my own experience. When I had much money I felt rich and could buy what I want. But when I remember about zakat and sadaqah, suddenly I felt poor and afraid, if I give donation then I would not have enough money for my life.
Pain and hardships allow you to grow spiritually Alhamdulilah so smile when a so called calamity befalls upon you.
Alhamdulilah Allah swt is the greatest.
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.
For these reasons,We have this beautiful saying of Prophet Muhammed(SAAWS)
In the matter of worldly resources always look at those who are at a lower level than you.Keep their company and have an eye on their conditions of life.In matters relating to religion, keep the company of those who are superior to you, and at a higher level than you.This is because when you see people inferior to you in worldly resources,you will value the good things with which Allah has favored you,which others do not possess.This will create in you a sense of contentment and gratitude.and the love of acquiring worldly goods will be uprooted.On the other hand, when in matters concerning religion you cast your eyes on those who are superior to you and have gone ahead of you, you will realize your inferiority and think of getting rid of it by trying to catching up with your superiors.
(Tirmidhi, Book on Qiyamah, Ch 58, Hadith No 2512)
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