Bismillah
Praise be to Allah and prayer and peace be upon His final and all other Messengers and Prophets.
Insh a Allah I will get back to the enojining good and forbidding evil, however, reciting the following Ayah, I felt a deep interaction with it that I couldnt wait till the morning. I just poured down the contents of my heart. So please forgive me if I sounded repetitive in some areas. But the Ayah is really very deep.
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<b>Those who spend in prosperity and in adversity</b>
And <b>march forth in the way
</b> (which leads to) forgiveness from your Lord, and for Paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for the pious.* Those who spend [in Allah's Cause - deeds of charity, alms, etc.] in prosperity and in adversity, who repress anger, and who pardon men; verily, Allah loves the good-doers.
3:133-134
When do you usually spend charity in the name of Allah? Most of the time, people do so when they are in the proper frame of mind, when they are not stressed or facing tribulations or even just problems. I m not making a blanket comment, but I think the majority are like this. Seldom when you go to bring a case needing financial support to someone and it happens that this someone is stressed with work, or having domestic problems or even personal problems. The answer would be sorry but I cannt even focus right now, let us talk about it some other time.
However, if we do examine Ayah, it is a blessing if we realise this, and actually while being in the middle of a given problem, right in the middle, we immediately search for a way to give out money. And certainly the reasons to give out are multiple, like if we look for someone who encountered a crisis, is indebted, someone who cannt ask publicly for money and we know he/she does need, the list can go on. Note how Allah may He be Glorified – setting the order of deeds which is not made haphazardly of course but to stress the importance of one after the other – preceded repressing anger with spending in prosperity. With all due respect to the translators may Allah reward them much, the word here is Saraa. Saraa in Arabic is not restricted on prosperity, but it rather extends to cover the sense of times of happiness, stability, when everything is alright around you. No turbulences. While Daraa implies when one is inflicted with any type of trials and tribulations that includes, financial, health, stress, crisis; i.e loss of money, damage, loss of loved ones, marital problems, children problems…etc.
Again with all due respect, the underlined part is not march forth, the word is Sareo, this word clearly means hasten, accelerate towards, run for. See how much Allah is creating the desire to attain this rank? Which is after the forgiveness of Allah, is a Jannah as spacious or to be precise the width of which equals the space of heavens and earth together. The most important point is how Allah Introduces it, Allah Says prepared for, is waiting for, arranged for. But who are those to be destined for it? The categories as broughforth in the Ayah and according to order which is essential is first those who spend in the name of Allah for charity whenever they see a need for it regardless with their own personal status. This is the criterion. If u look at it, Allah ordered this even before suppressing anger, Knowing of course how much money is loved and dear to the human being. One who is suffering would tell you just leave me alone, it is enough what I m going through I m not mentally ready to hear more tragedies. Just give me a break. Right!!!
This is the test, the real test is to ponder how this money is originally not yours, but rather a bounty from Allah. To reflect on the Ayah and seek this rank of Jannah that is as wide as heavens and earth combined together. Sobhan Allah.
This worship is I think really deserted. We just need to focus on how to set ourselves in this mold that leaves behind whatever we face of trouble and seek the hidden mega blessing promised through the Ayah and spend in the name of Allah.
It really needs training to try hard and apply the Ayah, you might not be successful the first time, but try again and again in order at the end to feel that money is not but a tool rather than an aim, a tool rather than a source of joy, a tool rather than a source of self esteem.
Taking a more indepth look at the Ayah, you can derive that Allah Is Giving us the remedy, the solution of whatever kind of Daraa (problems, tribulations, tests, trials..) mankind may encounter in this short trip. Allah Is Providing us with the solution. It is up to us to remember and use it. Try it, it does work believe me. It is just that we have to stop trying to solve our issues using our own means and ways and switch to those prescribed by the All Knowing, The Creator. Which one you think shall work??????!!!
Even out of just applying the Ayah, you will certainly get an inner satisfaction that is incomparable.
May Allah Protect us all from all kinds of temptation ameen.