noble cause, then her state is such that she hopes for her name to be announced. A miser (stingy) person considers gathering wealth to be her own excellence. She deprives the deserving people of it and faces their displeasure. She deprives herself of their Du’as. She makes people slander, backbite and have ill-opinions about her. Moreover, due to miserliness, she does not pay her Sadaqat-e-Wajibah such as Zakah, Fitrah, etc., and displeases Allah Almighty and His Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and makes herself deserving of the Hell. Let us listen to three blessed sayings of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم based on the destruction of miserliness:

1. (اِنَّ اللّٰہَ یَـبْغَضُ الْبَخِیْلَ فِیْ حَیَاتِہِ السَّخِیَّ عِنْدَمَوْتِہٖ) i.e. Allah Almighty dislikes the one who remains miser (stingy) all his life and shows generosity at the time of his death. (Kanz-ul-‘Ummal, vol. 3, pp. 180, Hadees 7373)

2. (مَا مَحَقَ الْاِسْلَامُ شَیْأًمَحْقَ الشُّحِّ) i.e. Islam has not eradicated anything as much as it has eradicated miserliness (stinginess). (Mu’jam-e-Awsat, vol. 2, pp. 151, Hadees 2843)

3. Generosity is a tree in the Paradise. So the one who became generous held the branch of that tree. That branch will not leave him, to the extent that it will make him enter Paradise. And miserliness is a tree in Hell. So the one who became miser held the branch of that tree. That branch will not leave him, to the extent that it will make him enter the fire. (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 7, pp. 435, Hadees 10877)

Hakeem-ul-Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه states in relation to the last Hadees, i.e. the root of generosity is in Paradise and its branches are in this world. The reason because generosity is of many kinds, hence it is stated that branches of that tree are widely spread in the world. As the Holy Quran states that the root of the blessed Kalimah is in the heart of a Muslim and its branches are in the sky (and it) always bears fruit. So an example has been mentioned in this Hadees too. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه further states that the lowest stage of generosity in Shari’ah is that a person pays the Sadaqat that are Fard. The lowest stage in Tareeqah is that he shall not suffice only on Fard Sadaqat, but also give Nafl [optional] Sadaqat. The lowest stage for those