Inspiration from Past & Present
…Indeed Allah has made me become accustomed to having His favors, and I have made it a habit to do favors for His slaves. I fear that if I break off this habit, provision will be cut off from me.
—’Abdullah b. Ja’far on giving charity
(Read on pg 56, Abdul-Malik Mujahid, Gems and Jewels: Wise Sayings, Interesting Events & moral Lessons from the Islamic History. Darussalam. Riyadh:2003.)
To abstain from being generous is tantamount to having bad thoughts about the One Who is worshiped.
—Muhammad b. ‘Ibad Al-Mahlabi on giving in charity
Allah (SWT) says:
‘And whatsoever you spend of anything (in Allah’s cause), He will replace it. And He is the Best of providers.’ (Qur’an 34:39)
(Read on pg 105, Abdul-Malik Mujahid, Gems and Jewels: Wise Sayings, Interesting Events & moral Lessons from the Islamic History. Darussalam. Riyadh:2003.)
I have never given any money to anyone without feeling that it is too little.
—‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Azīz [d. 101H/719CE]
(Read on pg 213, Al-Hafiz Jamaludeen Abi Al-Faraj and Abd Ar-Rahman bin Al-Jawzi and Al-Qurashi and Al-Baghdadi, The Biography and virtues of Omar bin Abd Al-Aziz The Ascetic Caliph. Dar Al-Kotob Al-ilmiyah. Beirut:2001 .)
‘Abdullah ibn al-Mūbārak [d. 181H] said, “Worldly people leave the world before having feasted on the sweetest thing in it.”
They asked him what that was and he answered: “The knowledge of Almighty God.
Isfahani, Hilya, VIII:167.
(Read on pg 136, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, The Invocation of God. The Islamic Texts Society. UK:2000 .)