Friday 3 March 2017

Part 3

THEY ASK YOU AS TO WHAT THEY SHOULD SPEND. SAY: "WHATEVER GOOD YOU SPEND IS FOR PARENTS, KINS, ORPHANS, THE NEEDY AND THE WAYFARER. AND WHATEVER GOOD YOU DO, ALLAH IS ALL-AWARE OF THAT." (SURAH AL-BAQARAH: 215)

The third guidance we get from this verse is that when spending money in voluntary (Nafl) charity a person should only spend what one has extra to one's and one's own family's needs. A person doesn't doesn't earn Thawab (eternal reward) if they spend so much of their income on voluntary charity that they put their own family in misery or violate their financial rights. Similarly, if a person owes someone money, then it is not looked upon favourably by Allah Ta'alah if they spend what they have on voluntary charity rather than paying their debt back.

From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE

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