Hadhrat Asma (Radhiyallaho anha) had a very large heart for Spending in the path of Allah. In the beginnig, she used to spend carefully with measure and weight. Once the Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said to her:
"O,Asma,do not put by and be calculating;spend in the path of Allah liberally."
After this,she stared spending most generously. She would advise her daughters and house maids:
"Don't wait for any surplus or excess of requirements before spending in the path of Allah. As the requirements go on increasing in the chances of having some thing, excess will become more and more remote, and the time for spending in the path of Allah will never come. Remember that you will not lose by spending in charity."
Although these people were poor and lived hand to mouth, yet they were liberal in spending and generous of heart. The Muslims today complain of their poverty, but there will be hardly and group op people among them who are so poor and needy as the Sahabah used to be. We have already read how they had to go without food for several days together, and how some of them had to keep stones tied on their bellies to relive their pangs of hunger.
"O,Asma,do not put by and be calculating;spend in the path of Allah liberally."
After this,she stared spending most generously. She would advise her daughters and house maids:
"Don't wait for any surplus or excess of requirements before spending in the path of Allah. As the requirements go on increasing in the chances of having some thing, excess will become more and more remote, and the time for spending in the path of Allah will never come. Remember that you will not lose by spending in charity."
Although these people were poor and lived hand to mouth, yet they were liberal in spending and generous of heart. The Muslims today complain of their poverty, but there will be hardly and group op people among them who are so poor and needy as the Sahabah used to be. We have already read how they had to go without food for several days together, and how some of them had to keep stones tied on their bellies to relive their pangs of hunger.
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