Real goodness No. 2 – Good affairs (L-203)
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وَآتَى المالَ عَلىٰ حُبِّهِ ذَوِي القُربىٰ وَاليَتامىٰ
وَالمَساكينَ وَابنَ السَّبيلِ وَالسّائِلينَ وَفِي الرِّقابِ177b. |
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177b. Wa
‘aatal-maala ‘alaa hubbiHii zawil-qurbaa
wal-yataamaa wal-ma-saakiina
wabnas-sabiili,was-saaa-‘iliina wa fir-riqaab. |
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177b. Who gives
money, though dear, to near relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and the
homeless, and the beggars, and for the freeing of slaves; |
‘Alaa hubbiHii - (for love of Him), it means “for the love of Allah Almighty”. It is known from this verse that only spending the money is not required but the purpose must be to spend in the path of God for the sake of Him. It has been gotten also that, “while an individual has love for the wealth and he needs it too, even then; he spends the money”. From it, we have learnt the excellence of a strong believer also that he has love for money in his heart, his wishes are alive, he wants to spend for himself and his pleasant charming things but he stoops his neck before the commandment of God and by stopping his wishes, he spends for His sake, and sacrifices his personal affection upon the commandment of God.
Zawil-qurbaa (kinsfolk, relatives), there is a great wisdom hidden in supporting the relatives to provide them financial help. The Economic System of the entire Nation has been established on it. Every well-to-do person should look after at first his poor relatives, family members, brothers, sisters, brother’s sons, sister’s sons (nephews and nice) and other relatives.
Fir-riqaab (to set slaves free), this is plural of Raqabah. Its literal meaning is neck. In usage, it signifies towards the people who aren’t free and are ‘slaves’. From this order, it aims that by compensating to free them; is righteousness.
It was commanded in the first part of this verse that the righteousness is not the name to turn the face for worship only towards any particular direction but for becoming the Good, first condition is to correct the beliefs and completion of the faith. Now other part of the righteousness is being discussed as financial sacrifice. It is commanded: Truly the human being has love for the wealth and property but a good individual is he, who having love for money, spends it upon others for the sake and love of God. Of the needy and helpless deserving people, first priority is close relatives, then orphans, the poor, the wayfarer, the beggar, and the compelled and slaves who are deprived of freedom.
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