Unique trust in Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and unparalleled Sadaqah

Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah Siddiqah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا has narrated: Once a poor man begged for some food, she was fasting and had nothing to break her fast with (Iftar) except one Roti (a flat round bread). She رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا told her maid to give him that Roti. The maid said, ‘If I give him the Roti, there will be nothing left for your Iftar.’ Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا said, ‘Give him that loaf of bread.’ The maid replied, ‘I have given him that loaf of bread.’ Before the evening approached, a person from the Ahl-e-Bayt (household of the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) or somebody else who used to send gifts, sent meat of a nanny goat covered in a cloth. She رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا called me and said, ‘Eat from this, it is better than your bread.’ (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 3, pp. 620/260, Hadees 3482)

Dear Islamic brothers! This was the blessed conduct of the beloveds ones of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. They would give Sadaqah of whatever was available; therefore, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ granted them great rewards, due to their unparalleled trust in Him.

On page 513 of his famous book ‘Faizan-e-Sunnat’ [Blessings of Sunnah] Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri Razavi Ziyaee دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه has narrated a parable:, Sayyiduna Abu Ja’far Bin Khattab عَـلَیۡهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الـتَّـوَّاب who was an ‘Abdaal (highest level in the ranks of Sufism) of his time, has stated: Once a beggar came to my doorstep and asked for help. I asked my wife if there was anything to give him. She replied that she only had four eggs. I asked her to give them to the beggar. She did and the beggar left with those eggs. After some time, a friend of mine sent me a basket full of eggs. I asked my wife as to how many eggs were there in the basket. She replied that there were 30 eggs. I asked, ‘You gave four eggs to the beggar, so according to which calculation have we received these 30 eggs?’ She replied, ‘Actually there are 30 unbroken eggs and 10 broken ones.’

Elaborating on this parable, Sayyiduna Shaykh ‘Allamah Yafi’ee Yemeni        عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated, ‘Out of the [four] eggs that were given to the beggar, one was broken and 3 were unbroken. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ gave 10 in return for each of those eggs; the broken eggs for the broken one, and the unbroken eggs for the unbroken ones.’ (Raud-ur-Riyaheen, pp. 274)