needed should be given to a needy person as you will get rid of the unwanted items of your home and it will be good for that person who receives it. He further said: Two rulings have been mentioned here: Firstly, the possession which is extra at that time, but you may need it at some other time in future, should be kept. Today you give Nafli Sadaqah but you beg tomorrow. Secondly, charity should be given, first of all, to poor relatives, then strangers because giving charity to relatives is Sadaqah as well as keeping good relations with relatives. (Mirat-ul-Manajeeh, vol. 3, pp. 70-71)

How can we make up the mind-set of attaining the wealth of generosity?

Dear Islamic brothers! If we also want to adopt the good habit of generosity, then let’s have the privilege of listening to some Madani pearls regarding it:

1. Read virtues of generosity!

Study the blessed Ahadees about the virtues of generosity, condemnations of miserliness together with the parables of the blessed companions and the pious saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, by virtue of this, the habit of miserliness will be broken and the mind-set of generosity will be built up.

2. Eliminate the love for worldly possessions

Eliminate the love for worldly possessions from your heart; because no one would like to spend in the way of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ until the love for the worldly possessions exists in the heart. Sayyiduna Hasan Basri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated that when the first dinar and dirham [coins of gold and silver] were made, Satan picked them up, put them on his forehead and kissed them. He then said, ‘Whoever loves these is my slave.’

(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 288, Adaab-e-Ta’aam, pp. 366)