An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
10. Giving For The Cause of God
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and if you do not have that, then with a kind
word.”
(AL BUKHARI, MUSLIM)
MUSLIMS SHOULD BE DEARER TO EACH
OTHER THAN MONEY
Abdullah ibn Umar is reported to have said: “There
was a time when not one of us would have set his
dirhams and dinars above his Muslim brothers.
Now, a time has come when we put our dirhams
and dinars first and our Muslim brothers second.”
(AL TABARANI)
SPENDING FOR THE CAUSE OF ISLAM IN
TIMES OF DISTRESS
When Abu Bakr first became a Muslim, he
possessed forty thousand dirhams, all of which
wealth he devoted to the cause of Islam. At that
time Islam was going through a difficult period. For
this reason the Prophet said: “No one’s wealth has
benefited me so much as Abu Bakr’s.” (As related
by Hisham ibn Urwah who heard this from his
father.)
