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Chirya aur Andha Sanp | Sparrow and Blind Snake
Definition of being Rāzī [i.e. contented]
A Rāzī [i.e. contented] person is the one who neither likes wealth so much that he feels happy when he gets it; nor does he hate wealth so much that he feels pain when he is given it, refusing to accept it. (Iḥyā-ul-‘Ulūm, vol. 4, pp. 563)
The literal meaning of Qanā’at (contentment): To consider something to be sufficient; to have patience; to feel satisfied and pleased with a small amount of something; to get by on what you have; to refrain from seeking more and to refrain from greed, is known as Qanā’at (contentment). (Farĥang Āṣfiyaĥ, vol. 3, pp. 400)
Two definitions of Qanā’at (contentment)
1. To be satisfied with the distribution determined by Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is called Qanā’at (contentment).
(At-Ta’rīfāt lil-Jurjānī, pp. 126)
To be contented with whatever you have is Qanā’at (contentment).
When Allah عزوجل loves someone, then…
A person whose family members have left him all alone, and who is bankrupt and destitute, should have patience, patience, and only patience being content with the will of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and he should have hope that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will include him amongst His beloved bondsmen. The Greatest and Holiest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘When Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ loves someone,
BOOK TOPIC
BOOK TOPIC
- Dua for Reading the Book
- Table of Contents
- Sparrow and blind snake
- Excellence of Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم
- Allah عزوجل has taken responsibility to provide sustenance
- The benefits of being poor
- Definition of Faqr
- Nine sayings of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم on the excellence of Faqr
- Definition of being Rāzī [i.e. contented]
- Two definitions of Qanā’at (contentment)
- When Allah عزوجل loves someone, then…
- There was a stone being used as a pillow under his head (parable)
- Faqr (poverty) is the gift of love for the Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم (parable)
- An act that is more virtuous than giving one thousand dinars in Ṣadaqaĥ
- Your Du’ā is superior to my Du’ā (parable)
- An act that is better than a thousand years of worship
- The Du’ās of the sorrowful are answered
- Individual effort of A’lā Ḥaḍrat on a poor prince
- Excellence of hiding one’s needs
- Two fishermen (parable)
- More rich people and women in Hell
- Zakāĥ can also become Farḍ on a woman’s gold jewellery
- Not even a handful of flour at home, whilst you… (Parable)
- One should not complain
- 44 Causes of poverty
- Salvation from poverty
- Cure for poverty
- An excellent method of gaining blessings in sustenance
- Method of giving Salām in an empty home
- Is it bad to be wealthy?
- Being reluctant over an abundance of Ḥalāl wealth (parable)
- Sixteen examples of lies told by rich people
- 32 SPIRITUAL TREATMENTS
- 11 Spiritual treatments for poverty
- A unique invocation for blessings in sustenance
- Invocation to become wealthy within a year
- Method of making business successful
- For protection of wealth
- Invocation for a transfer
- For success in an interview
- Invocation for getting a job
- Protection from theft
- Cure for disinterest in business, job etc.
- Freedom from poverty
- 3 Spiritual cures for meeting a displeased officer
- For the sale of your goods, car, house
- If a person is lost then
- To open the doors of sustenance
- Cure for termites
- Protection from termites
- Deal according your wish
- Transliteration Chart
