بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
We all know why Allah created us, i.e what the purpose of our life is. It is to worship Him alone. But do we really do all that we need to do to worship Him? Certainly, praying 5 times a day and fasting in Ramadhan is not enough. It is embedded in Islam that we also help the poor through zakat and charity. This is one of the most important actions of Islam that many people fall short in.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, brought actions, not philosophy. So it doesn't matter how much you know about Islam, how much you listen to Islamic lectures, how much Qur'an and hadith you have memorized, how much you pray and fast and do dhikr, if you cannot part with some of your money to feed the hungry and spend time to help others, they are of no use.
Omar, Allah be pleased with him, when he was the Caliph, he used to walk around at night to seek the poor so he could help them. Once he helped a poor family and cooked for them without them knowing that he was Omar, the Caliph. Such were the virtues of the early Muslims and leaders of Islam.
If you have never been poor, you don't know how it is really like to be poor. If you have never been homeless, you don't know how it is really like to be homeless. But if you watch this video, inshaAllah, if you have some mercy in your heart, you will seek out for these people and help them.
Our religion is a social religion, which means we should care about other people, which means we don't have 3-5 course meals, throw away food, and enjoy our lives (as if there is no tomorrow --tomorrow could be our death/day of Judgment) while many many others are homeless and dying of starvation. The poor has the right to our wealth. And we should not deprive them of that right.
This man took action for what he believed to be the purpose of his life. How about you?
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
We all know why Allah created us, i.e what the purpose of our life is. It is to worship Him alone. But do we really do all that we need to do to worship Him? Certainly, praying 5 times a day and fasting in Ramadhan is not enough. It is embedded in Islam that we also help the poor through zakat and charity. This is one of the most important actions of Islam that many people fall short in.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, brought actions, not philosophy. So it doesn't matter how much you know about Islam, how much you listen to Islamic lectures, how much Qur'an and hadith you have memorized, how much you pray and fast and do dhikr, if you cannot part with some of your money to feed the hungry and spend time to help others, they are of no use.
Omar, Allah be pleased with him, when he was the Caliph, he used to walk around at night to seek the poor so he could help them. Once he helped a poor family and cooked for them without them knowing that he was Omar, the Caliph. Such were the virtues of the early Muslims and leaders of Islam.
If you have never been poor, you don't know how it is really like to be poor. If you have never been homeless, you don't know how it is really like to be homeless. But if you watch this video, inshaAllah, if you have some mercy in your heart, you will seek out for these people and help them.
Our religion is a social religion, which means we should care about other people, which means we don't have 3-5 course meals, throw away food, and enjoy our lives (as if there is no tomorrow --tomorrow could be our death/day of Judgment) while many many others are homeless and dying of starvation. The poor has the right to our wealth. And we should not deprive them of that right.
This man took action for what he believed to be the purpose of his life. How about you?
Iman (faith) wears out in the heart just like the clothes wear out. If you haven't work on building iman, even if it is good last year, it is worn out this year. Giving charity and feeding the poor will renew your iman inshaAllah. If you have never tasted homelessness, you have not tasted the bliss of home. Remember the poor and the homeless and be generous to them and inshaAllah we will have the bliss of the eternal abode without having to taste poverty and homelessness.
May Allah give us tawfiq. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam
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