Miserliness and its harms
Hadhrat Rafa’ee (May Allah shower His mercy on him) says that not giving Zakaat and not hosting guests is miserliness. In colloquial parlance, miserliness is used in a different sense. A miser is one who doesn’t give things that are to be given. Allah Most High has created wealth as a means of providing means of life. When the intent of Almighty Allah is to give then not giving it is miserliness and things those are worthy of being given are those things which the Shariah has ordered to be given. The reason for miserliness is love of base desires, […]
