The poor is the one whose good deeds are on others scale Narrated Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allaho anho):The Prophet Muhammad Sall Allahu alayhi wa sallam asked, “Do you know who is the poor person?” The listeners (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) replied: “O Messenger of Allah, the poor amongst us is the one who does not have any money or property.” The Prophet Muhammad Sall Allahu alayhi wa sallam replied: “The poor in my ummah (nation) is the person who will come on the Day of Resurrection backed with prayers, fasting, zakat (obligatory charity), and hajj, but also with a number of injustices to others, such as: abusing this one, taking the property of that one, slandering one, hitting another, or shedding the blood of someone else. Thereafter, his good deeds will be taken one after one and given to this person or that person who were wronged by him. If his good deeds have been exhausted before his wrong deeds are all settled, some of the evil deeds of the wronged persons will be allocated to him, and he (left with no more reward but sins) will be thrown into the Fire.” (Sahih Muslim) In this hadith, the Prophet (pbuh) explains that the true poverty is not one’s lack of wealth in this life. True poverty is standing poor on the Day of Judgment. Despite this Reality, we continue to live this life feeding our bodies, but starving our souls. The sad irony of this focus is that the body we tend to is only temporary, while the soul we neglect is eternal. When a body dies. We cry. But the death of the body is not true death. It’s only the removing of a shell and the movement from one realm to another, Truer realm. We weep for the departing bodies. But our hearts are unmoved by those bodies which are alive, but whose hearts and souls have died because of the alienation from that which gives them life: Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) told us: “ ﺍﻟﻨَّﻔْﺴِﻐِﻨَﻰ ﺍﻟْﻐِﻨَﻰ ﻭَﻟَﻜِﻦَّ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺽِ، ﻛَﺜْﺮَﺓِ ﻋَﻦْ ﺍﻟْﻐِﻨَﻰ ﻟَﻴْﺲَ “Richness is not having many possessions. Rather, true richness is the richness of the soul.” [Sahih Bukhari, Book 76, Number 453] Because many of us think we can live our lives however we want, and then at the time of death just say la illaha illah Allah. But at the time of death, the tongue cannot speak— except what the heart commands. Whatever is in the heart will come out. The impoverished heart, will have nothing but love of dunya to speak of on that day. If or heart is empty of Allah during our life, how can it be full of Allah during our death? If our heart is full of love of this life, love of status, love of wealth, love of the creation over the Creator, it is that which will speak. If the heart was full of grudges, jealousy, hatred…that will speak. But if it was full of the love of Allah, that will speak. If in your life, your heart carried only ‘la illaha illa Allah’…that truly there is no refuge, no shelter, no deity worthy of worship but Him’—then, only then, will the tongue be given permission to say: “la illaha illah Allah, Muhammad rasool Allah. “
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:14:55 +0000
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