69TALKING TOO MUCH
1- “Whoever remains silent is redeemed.” (Muzakkin Nufus, p. 302)
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2- “There is no good in most of their secret counsels except (in his) who enjoins charity or goodness or reconciliation between people; and whoever does this seeking Allah's pleasure, We will give him a mighty reward.” (Muzakkin Nufus, p. 304; Nisa, 114)
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3- There are four types of talking for humans:
a- Haram
b- Halal
c- Mixed (haram and halal)
d- Neither haram nor halal.
Haram talk is like poison, it immediately ruins a person.
(“Lying, talking about shirk (assigning partners to Allah), bad words, numbering on graves, complaining of the absence of some goods while possessing them; these are all haram and kill the heart and should be abstained from like fatal poisons.”) (Muzakkin Nufus, p. 304)
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4- “Those who talk too much have many errors. Those who have too many errors have a great deal of sin. Those having a great deal of sin deserve wrath on the Judgment Day.” (Kanz-al Irfan, Hadith no: 959)
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5- “O you who believe! let not (one) person laugh at (another) person perchance they may be better than they, nor let women (laugh) at (other) women, perchance they may be better than they; and do not find fault with your own people nor call one another by nicknames; evil is a bad name after faith, and whoever does not turn, these it is who are the unjust.” (Hujraat, 11; Marifatnama, p. 629)
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6- “O son of Adam! If you have disease in your body and lack sustenance, remember that you happened to talk uselessly. O son of Adam! How can you ask for wisdom while talking too much? Look for wisdom by remaining silent in the heart. O son of Adam! Never commit giybat, because those who refrain from giybat attain higher degrees, their secrecy and muhabbat are revealed. O son of Adam! If you do not speak the truth, your religion cannot be true. If your heart is not true, then your tongue cannot speak the truth. If you do not feel shame before Me, you cannot have a true heart.”
“Salvation of man is to control his tongue.”
“Either speak good or remain silent.”
“The size of the tongue is smallest, yet its crime is the greatest.”
“The action and baseness of the tongue are plenty.”
“Those who remain silent are free of troubles.”
“Liars are losers.”
“Lying is receding from belief; slander is worse than lying .”
“Talking too much about dreams is to slander Khuda.”
“Giybat is the worst of words. It is a sin detested thirty times more than adultery.”
“A believer never damns, curses, or is outrageous. Those who condemn others never die before committing what they have condemned.”
“A good word is charity; even a smile is a good deed.”
“Feeding people, spending the night worshipping and good words are all means to gain the pleasure of Allah.”
“The joy of the heart is completed by two traits. The first is to give extra goods as charity, and the second is to keep the tongue from talking nonsense.”
“Excess laughing kills the heart spiritually.”
“If you speak praise in a believer’s face, it is as if you are cutting him with a sharp knife.”
“One never finds true belief unless he stills his tongue. By Allah, the tongue is most appropriate thing in the world to put in jail.”
“Controlling the tongue is a privileged wisdom which few people possess.”
“Happiness to those who keep their tongue in their mouth and seclude themselves from people, living in seclusion (halwat).”
“If you say something that people cannot comprehend, this can be instigation (fitna) for most of them. So do not do that.” (Marifatnama, p. 630)
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7- “Fitna is sleeping. May curses be upon those who awaken it.” (Fitna is sleeping, and those who awaken it will be expelled from the grace of Allah Almighty. Whatever will cause fitna should be avoided.)
“Disclosure of secret is haram. Those who do so are at fault.”
“One tells something to another alone; this is trust. Let him never disclose it. If he discloses it, this is betrayal.”
“The hearts of the chosen ones are graves of secrets.” (Marifatnama, p. 631)
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8- “When the son of Adam wakes from his sleep, all of his body parts seek refuge from his tongue, saying: ‘Fear Allah with regard to us, for indeed we are part of you. So if you are upright, then we will be upright and if you are corrupt, then we shall be corrupt.”
“O son of Adam! If you find harshness in your heart, fatigue in your body and too little sustenance, then you have spoken nonsense which caused you to fall.” (Marifatnama, p. 633)
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9- “Only the tongue drags man to Hell prone on his face.” (Marifatnama, p. 634)
Ah! How can I be rescued?
From your hand, O tongue!
I cannot hold you unless I fasten you with a chain
Then I take the heat of Hell and sear!
Yunus Emre
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10- Narrated by Abu Huraira: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet.” (Sihah as Sita, Vol. 16, Hadith no: 5910)
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11- Ali Ibn Hussain narrated from Abu Huraira: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said: If someone gives up idle talk, that is the beauty of his religion.” (Sihah as Sita, Vol. 16, Hadith no: 5911; Tirmidhi, Zuhd 11, (zzz2318, 2319)
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12- Narrated by Abu Huraira: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“Whoever learns to recite the Qur’an in order to divert peoples’ heart, Allah will never accept any deed from him on the day of Judgment.” [Sihah as Sita, Vol. 16, Hadith no: 5918; Abu Dawud, Adab, 94 (5006)]
Whoever learns to recite the Qur’an in order to divert people, Allah never accepts any of his deeds.
Hypocrites study to divert Muslims. (Ramuz al-Hadith, Hadith no: 104)
Hadith: “Most of the hypocrites of my ummah are scholars.” (Tam Ilmihal, p. 728)
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13- “And those who built a masjid to cause harm and for unbelief and to cause disunion among the believers and as an ambush for him, those who make war against Allah and His Messenger before; they will certainly swear: We did not desire aught but good; and Allah bears witness that they are most surely liars.”
“Never stand in it; certainly a masjid founded on piety from the very first day is more deserving of you standing in it; in it are men who love that they should be purified; and Allah loves those who purify themselves.” (Tawba, 107-108)
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14- Narrated by Ibn Masud: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“Ruined are those who are ahead in talking! Ruined are those who are ahead in talking! Ruined are those who are ahead in talking!” [(Sihah as Sita, Vol. 16, Hadith no: 5919; Muslim, Ilm, 7, (2670); Abu Dawud, Sunnahd, 6, (4609)]
Never ask tricky or deceptive questions or become infidels as was done by the Bani Israel. (Muzakkin nufus, p. 508; Similar version; Sunan Ibn Maja, Vol. 1, Hadith no: 2)
Questions regarding religion, the sharia, worshipping, deeds, and belief can be asked. Other than that, any question including deceptive ones are not asked. How old is Allah? Is Allah male or female? How long does He live? These questions and alike make those who question and those who answer into infidels. Imam Azam responded 17 such questions by not answering.
We have two eyes, two ears and one mouth. We have to see more, listen more, and speak less.
There is no harm in speaking too much about Allah’s commands, His Prophet’s –sallallahu alaihi wa sallam- hadith, and the knowledge of wisdom.
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15- Narrated by Ibn Omar: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“Never talk too much except dhikr of Allah, because it brings heaviness to heart. Be aware that the people who are far from Allah are those whose hearts are like stones.” [(Sihah as Sita, Vol. 16, Hadith no: 5927; Tirmidhi, Zuhd 62 (2413); Marifatnama, p. 630]
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16- Narrated by Abu Umama: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“I guarantee a palace on the shores of Paradise to those who leave a dispute, even when they are right. I guarantee a palace in the middle of Paradise to those who abandon a lie, even it is joke. I guarantee a palace at the top of the Paradise to those who have good manners and leave a dispute although they are right.” (Sihah as Sita, Vol. 16, Hadith no: 5921; Abu Dawud, Adab 7, (4800.)
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17- Narrated by Abu Bakra: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“Let none of you said: I fasted and prayed the whole of Ramadan.” (Hasan Basri who narrated hadith from Abu Bakra says:) “ I am not sure whether the Prophet disliked anyone to purify his nafs or if He meant that it is necessary to go to bed and sleep.” [(Sihah as Sita, Vol. 16, Hadith no: 5923; Abu Dawud, Sawm 47, (2415); Nasai, Siyam 6 (4, 130)]
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18- “Talking less is an indication of happiness.” (Ramuz al-Hadith, Hadith no: 5609)
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19- “Allah loves those who remain silent about three things:
a- Reciting the Qur’an
b- Fighting the enemy in a battle
c- Accompanying a funeral procession.” (Ramuz al-Hadith, Hadith no: 1284)
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20- “The rights of those who laugh too much are lessened. Those who entertain too much lose their awe and dread. Those who joke too much lose their respect. Those who drink water while hungry lose half their power. Those who talk too much wander. Those who wander too much, err too much. Those who have too many errors are placed in Hell.” (Ramuz al-Hadith, Hadith no: 5497)
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21- “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him treat his neighbor well; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him honor his guest; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or else remain silent.” (Ramuz al-Hadith, Hadith no: 5475)
72BEGGING
1- Narrated by Ibn `Umar, radhiallahu anhu:
“If one of you were to keep begging (of people) until he meets Allah (on the Day of Judgment) his face will be without a shred of flesh.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4863; Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith no: 735; Muslim, Vol. 3, Hadith no: 103 (1040), Nasai, Vol. 5-6, Hadith no: 2575)
Beggars will be brought with their faces having no flesh on the Day of Judgment. A religious man goes to rich hypocrites, with an excuse for asking for donations. This is begging, as well. Some claim that if they do not do this, the construction of mosques and Qur’an schools would be incomplete. My reaction to these are: Our prophet, the other prophets and the friends of Allah, at the expense of hunger and even death, never begged of people at all. The exception is to ask for something for your brother whose house burned down. If one has no food for the evening, he can beg, too. Hadith:
Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa salam, was asked:
“What richness makes begging forbidden?”
“ Richness is not an abundance of wealth, rather it is self-sufficiency.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4874)
If one has no food, his request is not considered to be begging. The will of Pir to his sons and that of my father (Sheikh) Bilal to me:
“If you become in need, never apply to anyone except to borrow.. Apply to everyone for the sake of Allah.”
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2- Narrated by Samura Ibn Jundub, radhiallahu anhu:
“Begging is a cut that a person inflicts upon their face. So you are free: either you do not inflict this upon your face or you do so. The exception to this is to ask a ruler, or to ask under stress of circumstances from which there is no escape.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4864; Abu Dawud, Zakat 26, (1639); Tirmidhi, Zakat 38, (681); Nasai, Zakat 92, (5, 100)
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3- Narrated by Aez Ibn Amr, radiallahu anhu:
A man asked for something from the Prophet. Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, gave it to him. As soon this man turned to leave, our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“If you knew what evil there was behind begging, nobody would ask anything from anyone.” (Sihah Sita, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4865; Nasai, Zakat 83 (5, 94, 95).
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4- Zubair, radhiallahu anh, says: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“It is better for one of you to take a rope and cut the wood (from the forest) and carry it on his back and sell it (as a means of earning his living) rather than to ask a person for something which that person may give to him or not." (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4866; Bukhari, Vol. 5, Hadith no: 732)
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5- Thauban, radiallahu anhu, reported: The Prophet of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa salam, said:
“I will guarantee that the person who guarantees me that he will not beg for anything from anyone will guarantee enter Paradise.
I said:
“I give you the guarantee.”
Then Thauban (May Allah be pleased with him) never begged for anything from anyone. [(Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4867; Abu Dawud, Zakat 27, (1643); Nasai, Zakat 86, (5, 96)]
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6- Muawiya, radhiallahu anh, says: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“Do not persist in begging. By Allah, whoever asks me for something and takes what he wants, in spite of my wishes, does not benefit from its blessing.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4868; Muslim, Zakat 99, (1038); Nasai, Zakat 88, (5, 97, 98)
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7- Narrated by Ibn Firasi that his father, radhiallahu anh, asked:
“O Allah’s Messenger! Shall I ask for my needs from someone else?” Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
- No, do not do this. If you have to do so, ask from the pious!” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4869; Abu Dawoud, Zakat 28, (1646); Nasai, Zakat 84, (5, 95)
That is, ask from the pious, great persons who perform good deeds or those who follow them. Never ask from the hypocrites, sinners, perverted or the infidels, even though you are penniless.
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8- Narrated by Ibn Mas’ud, radiallahu anhu:
“He who begs (from people) when he is affluent will come on the Day of Resurrection with scratches, cuts, or lacerations on his face.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4870; Abu Dawud, Zakat 23, (1626); Tirmidhi, Zakat 22, (650); Nasai, Zakat 87, (5, 97), Ibn Maja, Zakat 26, (1840)
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9- Narrated by Abu Hurairah, radiallahu anhu: the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa salam, said:
“He who begs to increase his riches is in fact asking only for live coals. It is up to him to decrease it or increase it.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4871; Muslim, Zakat 105, (1041).
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10- Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa salam, said: “If those who beg to increase their riches: then on the Day of Judgment, these riches will be a scratch on his face and a live coal in his hand…” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 7, p. 423)
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11- Whoever puts his trust in anything but Allah, Allah will suffice for Him. Whoever wants to protect his chastity, Allah will protect his chastity. Whoever wants to be contented with the lesser, Allah will make him contented. Whoever asks anyone for something, even if he has a penny, he will make things be compelled.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, p. 59)
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12- Narrated by Anas ibn Malik:
“A man of the Ansar came to the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa salam, and begged from him.
The Prophet asked:
‘Have you nothing in your house?’
He replied: ‘Yes, a piece of cloth, a part of which we wear and a part of which we spread (on the ground), and a wooden bowl from which we drink water.’
He said: ‘Bring them to me.’
He then brought these articles to him and the Prophet took them in his hands and asked: ‘Who will buy these?’
A man said: ‘I shall buy them for one dirham.’
He said twice or thrice: ‘Who will offer more than one dirham?’
A man said: ‘I shall buy them for two dirhams.’
The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa salam, gave these to him and took the two dirhams and, giving them to the Ansari, he said:
‘Buy food with one of them and hand it to your family, and buy an axe with the other and bring it to me.’
He then brought the axe to the Prophet. The Prophet of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa salam, fixed a handle on the axe with his own hands and said:
‘Go, gather firewood and sell it, and do not let me see you for fifteen days.’
The man went away and gathered firewood and sold it. When he had earned ten dirhams, he came to the Prophet and bought a garment with some of the money and food with the rest.
The Prophet of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa salam, then said:
‘This is better for you than allowing begging to become a spot on your face on the Day of Judgment. Begging is right only for three people: the one who is in grinding poverty, one who is seriously in debt, and the one who is responsible for compensation and finds it difficult to pay.” [Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4873; Abu Dawud, Zakat 26, (1641); Tirmidhi, Buyu’ 10, (1218); Ibn Maja, Commerce 25 (2198)]
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13- Habashi Ibn Junada as-Saluli, radhiallahu anh, says: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“Charity is not halal to the rich; nor is to those who are healthy and strong. It is not halal to anyone except the miserable, the poor, the elderly or ill, debtors and those in sorrow or murderers. So, whoever begs to increase his riches, this will be scratches or lacerations on his face and live coals for him to eat on the Day of Judgment. So, let anyone be content with the lesser or try to increase their wealth.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4874; Tirmidhi, Zakat, 23, (653)
If one has one’s daily portion (morning and evening), it is not allowable for him to beg. Imagine that you have an incomplete house and someone begs to find the funds to complete your house. You accuse them of destroying your reputation and you do not accept what they have received. The reputation of Allah’s religion is thousands times more than your reputation. Therefore, you cannot ask for anything. Those who are beggars or who ask for help are responsible in the state of Allah even if they ask by certificate.
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14- Narrated by Ibn Mas’ud, radhiallahu anh: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“Whoever falls in poverty and discloses it to people immediately, (thus beginning to beg), never stops his poverty. Whoever falls in poverty and discloses it to Allah, Allah helps him sooner or later through His sustenance.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4875; Tirmidhi, Zuhd, 18, (2327); Abu Dawoud, Zakat 28 (1645)
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15- Narrated by Ibn Abbas, radhiallahu anh: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“The worst of people are those who are not given what they ask for, although they beg, saying ‘for the sake of Allah.’” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4876; Suyuti, al-Jamius-Sageer, The explanation of Faiz-al Qadir, 4, 159; Nasai, Zakat, 74, (5, 83; 84)
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16- According to a narration by Ali, qarramallahu wajhah, he saw a man begging on the day of Arafa. He hit him with his stick, saying: “So you ask someone other than Allah on this day, do you?” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4877; Narrated Razin.)
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17- Narrated by Ibn 'Umar, radiallahu anh, that he heard 'Umar b. Khattab, radiallahu anh, saying: “The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, (sometimes) gave me gifts, but I said:
‘(O Allah’s Messenger!) Give it to one who needs it more than I.’ Upon this the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
‘Take out of this wealth that comes to you without being avaricious and without begging, (own it and after that) either use it or give it to someone else, but in other circumstance's do not let your heart hanker after it!’” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4879; Bukhari, Ahqam 17, Zakat 51; Muslim Zakat 110, (1045); Nasai, Zakat, 94, (5, 105) Nawavi said: This hadith forbids begging.)
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18- “The really poor one is he who does not disclose his poverty and who people do not help since they do not know that he is in need.”
“Whoever begs (not to satisfy his essential needs, but) to increase his riches, begs for a live coal from hell. So, let anyone be content with the lesser, or try to increase.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 7, p. 423)
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19- Narrated by Imran Ibn Husayn:
“Indeed Allah Almighty loves His servant who has children and poverty, yet abstains from begging and earning what is haram.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 17, p. 7250)
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20- Narrated from Abu Kabsha al-Anmari: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“I swear an oath to three things. I shall tell you a hadith, so remember this well. No property is ever diminished by the giving of charity. No servant of Allah is ever unjustly mistreated and bears it patiently but Allah shall increase him in good reputation (in the world and the Hereafter). No servant of Allah begins to solicit charity but Allah will initiate poverty for him.” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 15, Hadith no: 5366; Tirmidhi, Zuhd 17 (2326).
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21- a) Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud: The Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“He who begs (from people) when he is affluent will come on the Day of Resurrection with scratches, cuts, or lacerations on his face.”
“What constitutes affluence?”
“It is fifty dirhams or its value in gold.”
According to calculation of this money, those who possess an additional six grams of gold cannot beg. Let them sell their gold and satisfy their needs. If they do not have this amount of property and do not have any food, they can beg for food alone, but not too much.
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b- According to the narration of Ata Ibn Yasar, radhiallahu anh:
“If one who possesses an uqiya (forty dirhams) or property equal to it, begs, indeed he begs unfairly and wastefully.” (Sahih Bukhari ,Tajrid-e as-Sareeh, Vol. 5, p. 91)
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c- According to the narration of Sahl Ibn Hanzaliyya, radhiallahu anh:
“Whoever begs without actual need for it, increases his portion of fire from hell.” (Sahih Bukhari ,Tajrid-e as-Sareeh, Vol. 5, p. 91; Mirqat-al Masabih, Vol. 2, p. 456)
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22- Narrated by Hakim bin Hizam, radhiallahu anh:
“Once I begged from the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, and he gave me something; I begged from him again and he gave me something. I begged from him again and he gave me something and said:
‘O Hakim, wealth is pleasant and sweet. He who acquires it with self-contentment, it becomes a source of blessing for him; but it is not blessed for him who seeks it out of greed. He is like one who goes on eating but his hunger is not satisfied.’” (Cont.) (Sahih Bukhari, Tajrid-e Sareeh, Vol. 5, Hadith no: 733)
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23- Qabisah bin Al-Mukhariq, radhiallahu anh, reported: “I stood as surety for a debt and came to the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, to seek his help in discharging it. The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said, ‘Wait until we receive charity and I shall give to you out of it.’ He added:
‘O Qabisah, begging is not lawful except for three people.
One who has incurred a debt (as surety), for him begging is permissible until the surety is discharged and then he should refrain.’
(An incurred debt is one where believers assume surety for each other in order to prevent events the expenses of which are not chargeable. One party asks for money and the another becomes guarantor. When the first one cannot pay the debt back, it is allowable for the guarantor to beg.)
‘A person whose property has been destroyed by a calamity’; (those who are inflicted by fire, storms or earthquake)
‘A person who meets with dire necessity (due to hunger) provided that three men of understanding from his people affirm the genuineness (of his poverty); for him begging is lawful until he attains the means of subsistence. Other than these, O Qabisah, anything received through begging is unlawful; its recipient devours it unlawfully.’” (Sihah Sitta, Vol. 14, Hadith no: 4872; Muslim, Zakat 109, (1044); Abu Dawoud, Zakat, 26 (1640); Nasai, Zakat, 86 (5, 96, 97)
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24- “(Alms are) for the poor who are confined on the way of Allah-- they cannot go about in the land; the ignorant man thinks them to be rich on account of (their) abstaining (from begging); you can recognize them by their mark; they do not beg from men importunately; and whatever good thing you spend, surely Allah knows it.” (Baqara, 273)
Alms, charity and zakat are for the genuine poor; the beggars and implorers are not the genuine poor. However, give a little to those who beg saying “for the sake of Allah” in order to prevent them from deprivation. And do not count this among your charity. Give your true charity to those who have been stated.
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25- Narrated by Abu Hurairah, radhiallahu anh:
“A needy person is not the one who goes from door to door, begging and is turned away with a morsel or two or with a date or two. A needy person is the one who does not have enough to live upon, but it does not appear that he is needy from his appearance and that he should be given alms, nor does he himself beg anything from others.” (Sahih Bukhari, Tajrid-e Sareeh, Vol. 5, Hadith no: 736)
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26- Narrated by Abu Hurairah, radhiallahu anh:
“Allah’s Messenger (regarding our prayers) said:
‘Every prayer is accepted except prayers for haram things, prayers for severing relations with relatives and prayers that are hurried. (Everybody is granted for what he asks from his Lord)’
A companion asked:
‘O Prophet, what makes one hurry for prayer?’
Allah’s Messenger, sallallahu wa sallam, explained the hurried prayers as follows:
‘A servant who prays says that he prayed for Allah, yet he never saw that his prayers were accepted. In that case, he abandons praying.’ (This hurry prevents the acceptance of the prayer.)” (Hayat Dusturlari, p. 588, 589)
78THOSE TO WHOM ZAKAT IS TO BE PAID
There are eight groups of people to whom zakat is to be paid; these are specified in Tawba, 60.
“Alms are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials (appointed) over them (The state used to collect zakat and distribute it to the poor), and those whose hearts are made inclined (to the truth) and for the (ransoming of) captives and those who are in debt and on the way of Allah and the wayfarer (Even if they are rich); an ordinance from Allah; and Allah is knowing, Wise. (Tawba, 60)
1- Group: The poor. (They have nothing)
2- Group: The needy (Their income is less than their expenses)
3- Group: The officials: Appointed officials other than the Caliph and the Judges (These two give to the poor)
4- Group: Muallafat-al Qulub: Those who have newly converted to Islam or whose hearts have inclined to the truth. The aim is to assist them.
5- Group: The ransoming of Captives: This is money for slaves who could be freed if paid for.
6- Group: Garemoon: The garem are those who are in debt. They are given zakat as they cannot pay their debts.
7- Group: Those fighting on the way of Allah: Zakat is paid to those whose expenses are not paid by state.
The people at war whose expenses cannot be paid by government can be helped by alms.
8- Group: The wayfarer: These people are traveling for reasons that are not sinful or wrong. They are paid zakat if they are poor. (Ihya, Vol. 1, p. 613-617)
The wayfarer whose money has been stolen or who has gotten into trouble is paid zakat, even if he is rich.
Allah Almighty is always on the side of the poor.
Hadith: “Allah likes the ascetic poor who has many children.” (Kimya-e-Saadet, p. 638)
If a poor man buys a sacrificial animal to slaughter, even if he is not obliged to do so, he is obliged to slaughter it as a sacrifice. To those who ask what happens if the animal dies before it is sacrificed, the answer is the poor man must buy another one to slaughter:
The poor man has rights on the possessions of the rich. Allah will oblige and punish (send to Hell) rich people who do not pay zakat, fitr or charity; these are the that are the rights of the poor. The rich should pay these to the poor. If they do not, the poor and the rich will be judged on the Day of Judgment. The accounts will be in terms of the exchange of the deeds. (Ihya, Vol. 4, Hadith no: 665, p. 938)
78-1Those claiming that zakat is due on the rent of a house:
Money is deemed as property and property is deemed money. Whenever you sell a house, you are paid, and whenever you pay, you have property.
Compare the zakat on the rent of your house and the zakat of a house you own. If property is deemed money and money is deemed property, what is the appropriate way of paying zakat in this regard? Of course you should pay zakat on your house. Allah will ask you why you did not pay zakat on the value of your house, will He not?
Hadith:
“At the end of the world, zakat will be like a heavy debt that no one can afford to pay.” (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 4450)
Allah promises to compensate one for ten (Anwar-al Ashekeen, p. 125) or for seven hundred (Anwar-al Ashekeen, p. 125; Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 4343) or for a thousand (Anwar-al Ashekeen, p. 125) or two million. (Sihah Sita, Vol. 1, p. 137) Those who do not pay their zakat completely cannot rely on what has been promised by Allah. Allah Almighty also promises higher ranks in Paradise.
79Some hadiths regarding love for the world:
1- “Dunya (the material world) is cursed. Things that block one from Allah are cursed, as well. The exception is the dhikr of Allah. (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 1340; Sihah Sita, Vol. 7, p. 239)
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2- “Know that the life of this world is only sport and play and gaiety and boasting among yourselves, and a vying in the multiplication of wealth and children, like the rain, which causes the vegetation to grow, pleases the husbandmen, and then it withers away so that you see it become yellow, then it dries up and decays; and in the Hereafter is a severe chastisement and (also) forgiveness from Allah and (His) pleasure; and the life of this world is naught but a means of deception.” (Hadid, 20)
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3- “Whoever desires this present life, We hasten to him therein what We please for whomsoever We desire, then We assign him to Hell; he shall enter it despised, driven away.” (Isra, 18)
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4- “Ad-dunya mazraatul akhirah”
Dunya (the material world) is the landing field of the Hereafter. (Irshad, Vol. 2, p. 163; Muzakkin Nufus, p. 64)
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5- “Dunya is sweet and nice. Allah will make you succeed in it and observe how you behave in it. So abstain from it and abstain from women, because Bani Israil were exposed to fitna because of women.” (Sihah Sita, Vol. 7, p. 1966; Sunan Ibn Maja, Vol. 10, Hadith no: 4000; Sahih Muslim, Vol. 8, Hadith no: 99 (2742), p. 229)
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6- “Abstain from dunya and women, because Iblis (Satan) is a dreaded observer upon you and a yielder. He has no worse trap than women in order to hunt the pious.” (Ramuz-al-Hadith, Hadith no: 127)
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7- Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, as saying:
“The world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer.” (Sihah Sita, Vol. 7, p. 1968)
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8- Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, as saying:
“Let those not be happy who are slaves of gold, slaves of silver, slaves of fancy and slaves of decorative clothing. They are egoists; if they are offered what they want, they are pleased; if not, they do not fulfill what they are supposed to do.” (Sunan Ibn Maja, Vol. 10, Hadith no: 4135)
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9- “Dunya is forbidden to the people of the Hereafter and the Hereafter is forbidden to the people of the dunya. They are both forbidden to those who ask Allah Almighty.” (Muzakkin Nufus, p. 496)
Sharia tells this is mine and that is yours
Tariqat tells they are both ours
Haqiqat (reality) tells neither is mine, nor is it yours
Property is owned by Allah.
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10- “Dunya is like a prostitute. Whoever asks, she will go and sleep with him, yet she is not faithful to anyone. One should not fall in love with such a woman. Those who fall in love lack courage.” (Muzakkin Nufus, p. 70
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11- “Allah Almighty divided the world into three parts. He gave one part to the believers, one part to the hypocrites, and one part to the infidels. The believers prepare for the Hereafter. The hypocrites are decorated with ornaments of the world. And the infidels eat day and night; they abandon good deeds and are busy with worldly pleasures.” (Muzakkin Nufus, p. 70)
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12- Our Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, said:
“The resemblance of this world to me is like a rider who has taken a break under a tree on a very hot day. He has rested a bit and then continues to ride.” (Muzakkin Nufus, p. 77)
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13- “This world is a bridge. Pass over it, yet never build it.” (Muzakkin Nufus, p. 77)