3. Do well and serve Muslims

Develop the passion for doing well in your heart for Muslims, such as continue asking about the health of your friends, relations or neighbours; try to fulfil their needs according to your financial ability by supporting them in their troubles or pains. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: Anyone who removes the worldly trouble of a Muslim, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will remove his trouble on the Day of Judgement. And the person who hides the faults of a Muslim, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will hide his faults in this world as well as in the Hereafter, and Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ continues helping him as long as he continues helping his Muslim brother.’ (Jami’-e-Tirmizi, vol. 3, pp. 373, Raqm 1973)

4. Dispel the hatred and malice from the heart!

If you are filled with hatred and bear malice towards any Muslim, remove it because if there is hatred for someone in the heart, your heart will not be content to spend money or show any kind of compassion for him. Therefore, it is effective to make Salaam and shake hands in order to remove hatred and malice and develop love for each other. It is stated in a blessed Hadees: “Shake hands, hatred will be removed and give a gift, love will grow and hatred will be removed.’ (Mauta Imam Malik, vol. 2, pp. 407, Raqm 1731)

Associate yourself with the Madani environment!

Dear Islamic brothers! If you want to develop the mind-set of giving Sadaqah (charity), associate yourself with the Madani environment. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, by virtue of this; besides the epidemic of miserliness, you will rid yourself of other evils as well, and you will attain the passion to become a righteous person. For further information about the harms of hoarding wealth as well as the benefits of spending in the way of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّread the 415-page book named ‘Ziya-e-Sadaqat’ published by  Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami,. It is a very informative book on the concerned topic and covers other related subjects. This book can be
read online or downloaded from the website of Dawat-e-Islami www.dawateislami.net.