the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ if they gain wealth. It is stated in a blessed Hadees: They will have highest ranks. May we also be included amongst such fortunate people and become the ones who give Sadaqah and charity with great interest following in the footsteps of pious predecessors.

Our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی used to have such a passion for Sadaqah that if any needy person would come to them, they would not send him back empty-handed at all, though they had nothing left after giving him something, that is to say, they had so perfect belief in Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ that they not only would give their extra things in Sadaqah, but they would also give their essential things in Sadaqah. Let’s listen to a few parables in this regard.

Guarantee of home in Paradise

A person came to Basra from Khurasan and entrusted 10 thousand dirhams to a famous pious saint, Sayyiduna Habib ‘Ajami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه and requested him to buy a house for him in Basra so that he could live in the house upon his return from Makkah Mukarramah [having said this he left]. In the meantime, people faced hardship due to the inflated price of flour so Sayyiduna Habib ‘Ajami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه bought flour with those dirhams and gave all in Sadaqah.

When Sayyiduna Habib ‘Ajami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه was reminded that the money           that person gave him was for buying a house for him, Sayyiduna Habib ‘Ajami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied, ‘I have bought a house for him in Paradise! If he agrees then it is good, otherwise I will return him his 10 thousand dirhams.’

When that person returned, he asked, ‘O Abu Muhammad رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه! (It was the Kunyah of Sayyiduna Habib Ajami) Have you bought me a house?’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied: ‘Yes! With palaces, streams and trees’. That person became very happy and said, ‘I want to live in it.’ Sayyiduna Habib ‘Ajami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said, ‘I have bought that house for you in Paradise from Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ!’ Hearing this that person became overjoyed. His wife said, ‘Ask him to write a document of his guarantee, Sayyiduna Habib ‘Ajami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه wrote: بِسۡـمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحۡـمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ this is the document of the house which Habib Ajami has bought in Paradise along with palaces, streams and trees for so and so son of