دولتِ دُنیا کے پیچھے تُو نہ جا                  آخرت میں مال کا ہے کام کیا

مالِ دُنیا دو جہاں میں ہے وبال              کام آئے گا نہ پیشِ ذُو الجَلاَل

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! From the abovementioned parable it has been learnt that the stingy person did not care even for his life due to the greed for wealth. Therefore we should act upon the commandment of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for making our world and the Hereafter both better. In order to overcome the habit of stinginess we should not only give Zakah to the deserving Muslims every year, but we should also financially help them generously during the year.

The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰى عَـلَيْهِ وَاٰلِـهٖ وَسَـلَّم has said: Generosity is from the bestowment of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Show generosity; Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will bestow more upon you. Listen! Creating generosity, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ gave it the form of a man and firmly put its roots in the root of the Tuba [Heavenly] tree and strengthened its twigs with the twigs of Sidra-tul-Muntaha, and caused some of its branches to hang towards the world. So, the person who holds even a single branch of it, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ makes him enter Paradise.

Listen! Undoubtedly, generosity is from Iman [faith] and Iman is in Heaven. And Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has created stinginess with His wrath and has strengthened its root in the root of the Zaqqoom tree (i.e. a thorny tree of the Hell) and has caused some of its branches to hang towards the world. So, the person who holds any of its twigs, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ makes him enter the Hell. Listen! Stinginess is unthankfulness and unthankfulness is a cause of entering the Hell.(Ziya-e-Sadaqat, pp. 107)

May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ grant us salvation from stinginess and bestow the blessing of generosity upon us! (Kanz-ul-Ummal, vol. 3, pp. 169, Hadees 16213)

اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم