troubles.  Let’s listen to 5 blessed sayings of the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم to develop the enthusiasm of generosity.   

1.         Generosity is one of the trees of Jannah, its branches are hanging towards the earth. So the person holding even a single branch of it will be made to enter Heaven by Allah.

2.         تَجَافَوْا عَنْ ذَنْبِ السَّخِیِّ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ اٰخِذٌبِیَدِہٖ کُلَّمَاعَثَرَ i.e., forgive the mistakes of a generous person because whenever he commits a mistake, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ holds his hand. It means that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ helps and supports him that grants him freedom from falling into destruction.

(Ithaf-us-Sadaat-ul-Mutaqeen, vol. 9, pp. 7285)

3.         اَلْجَــنَّةُ دَارُالْاَسْخِیَآء i.e., Jannah is the home of generous people.

4.         The generous person is close to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, close to Jannah, close to the people and far from the fire. Stinginess is far from Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, far from Jannah, far from the people and close to the fire. An ignorant generous person, in the sight of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, is better than a stingy scholar.

5.         O man! It is better for you if you spend your surplus wealth, but if you withhold it, it is evil for you. There is [however] no reproach for you if you withhold it according to your need. And begin [charity] with your family; and the upper hand is better than the lower hand [i.e. he who gives in charity is better than him who takes it].

Elaborating on this Hadees, Hakeem-ul-Ummat, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has said: i.e. to give in charity what remains of your possessions after fulfilling your needs, is better for you so that none of your work could be left undone and you will gain reward in this world and the Hereafter. Furthermore, if you withhold it, it will be bad for you because that thing will rot or go to waste, depriving you of reward. That’s why it has been commanded, that upon receiving new clothing, give your old clothes in charity; if Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ grants new shoes, then those shoes which are not