Book Name:Imam Hussain Ki Ibadat
The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated: مَانَقَصَ مَالٌ مِنْ صَدَقَۃِِ i.e. ‘wealth does not decrease due to giving charity.’(Mu’jam Awsat, vol. 1, p. 619, Hadees 2270)
Dear Islamic brothers! After listening to the aforementioned Hadees, any thoughts of wealth decreasing due to giving charity will have come to an end. Therefore, whenever the opportunity arises, whether we can give a little or a lot, we should never be stingy when it comes to giving charity.
۔2O devotees of the Prophet! The second thing that we take from these accounts of Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ is that Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was extremely humble and modest, which is why he رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ apologised to that man because of the short time that he had to wait. It was not necessary for him to apologise, yet he still apologised. If we were to ponder over our own states, then never mind showing humility or modesty, even after committing mistakes, we feel no shame and say: We are polite with the one who is polite to us, and discourteous to the one who is discourteous towards us. We will not spare the one who quarrels with us. Whoever says one thing to us, we will reply with ten and whoever causes us any grief, we will make life impossible for him. Whereas, our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه would even show good conduct to those who disrespected them. Our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه would apologise even if they were not in the wrong. Our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه would make Du’a for those that would curse them and our pious predecessors رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـه would forgive and pardon those who would hurt their feelings. On the other hand, we hurt the feelings of others without any Shar’i reason, we intentionally cause grief to others, we backbite others, we unrightfully take possession of others’ possessions, we curse those who laugh and joke and we look for opportunities to take revenge against people.
Therefore, in order to rid ourselves of these bad habits, we should follow in the footsteps of our pious predecessors by adopting forgiveness, forbearance, tolerance, humbleness, humility, and modesty. The one who