Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And those who pile up gold and silver and do not spend it in Allah’s way, give them the tidings of a painful punishment. The day when it (gold and silver) will be heated in the fire of Hell, and their foreheads and their sides and their backs will be branded with it; ‘Here is what you accumulated for yourselves; so now taste the flavour of your accumulating’.

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you heard! The people who hoard their wealth and do not pay its Zakah will suffer great disgrace and painful torment on the Day of Judgement. Remember! The way paying Zakah is highly beneficial for a person, similarly, it is also harmful for him to become stingy. The people, who pay Zakah of their wealth and give Sadaqah and charity generously, have their wealth increase in leaps and bounds.

On the other hand, despite having enormous wealth, a miser feels that he has less wealth due to his greed, therefore he is always hesitant in giving Sadaqat-e-Wajibah and Naafilah, spending in virtuous acts and in helping people. He worries lest his wealth be decreased. Ultimately, one day the angel of death approaches him and he meets his death and his entire wealth is given to his heirs after his death. Let’s listen to an admonitory parable about it:

Consequence of stinginess

It is stated on page 74 of 412-page book ‘Uyoon-ul-Hikayaat (part 1), published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami: Sayyiduna Yazeed Bin Maysarah رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: In the previous Ummah, there was a man who accumulated too much wealth and had many children. He had lots of blessings. Despite having enormous wealth he was very stingy and did not use to spend anything in the way of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. All the time he tried to multiply his wealth. Having accumulated too much wealth he talked to himself: Now I will lead a great luxurious life. Therefore, he led a luxurious life along with his family. Many servants would look forward to his order. In short, he was so much engrossed in these worldly luxuries that he absolutely forgot his death.

One day, the angel of death, Sayyiduna ‘Izra`eel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام came to him in disguise of a beggar and knocked at his door. Slaves immediately ran towards