An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
10. Giving For The Cause of God
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TRUSTING IN GOD, NOT WEALTH
During the Caliphate of Umar, some revenue
arrived from Iraq. Umar began to distribute it,
and appeared to be on the point of exhausting it
completely when Abd ar Rahman ibn Auf
suggested to Umar that he should keep some of
it back in order to deal with any enemy attack
or calamity that might befall them. At this,
Umar was indignant. “Be done with you; you
play the devil’s advocate. No, by God, for the
sake of tomorrow, I will not disobey God
today.”
BUILDING MORE FOR THE HEREAFTER THAN
FOR THIS WORLD
A Muslim of Madinah had just built himself a
house, and was spreading mud on the roof
when the Prophet passed by. “What are you
doing?” the Prophet asked him. “Applying
some mud,” came the reply, to which the
Prophet said: “The Hour is nigh; closer than
that which you apply.”
