Dr. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri

Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia; Founder - Director


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

Mufti Maulana Syed Zia Uddin Naqshbandi Quadri

Shaik-ul-Fiqh - Jamia Nizamia


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

Scholarly Articles

Miserliness - A grave sin


<p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">We fall prey to either of 2 extremes:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Either miserliness or extravagance.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>It is really surprising.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>We consider miserliness as bad but don&rsquo;t consider extravagance so, although miserliness doesn&rsquo;t hurt others.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The miser himself (or herself) remains bereft of the reward of charity and alms.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Not sacrificing when there is a need is miserliness.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>A miser is one who doesn&rsquo;t sacrifice (for the sake of others) and doesn&rsquo;t give his own wealth to anybody.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>A &ldquo;<i>Mumassik</i>&rdquo; is a person who doesn&rsquo;t give his own wealth and stares longingly at the wealth of others.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">If we look carefully, we can see that extravagance has more ills than miserliness.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>However, Almighty Allah and His Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) have condemned miserliness as a miser is bereft of the reward of virtuous deeds and there are strict warnings about this as well.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Shaykh Sa&rsquo;adi (May Allah shower His mercy on him) has said:</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Rough translation: </span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="mso-tab-count:2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>No matter if a miser becomes the most virtuous of all </span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="mso-tab-count:2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>He can&rsquo;t enter paradise as mentioned in the Hadith</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) saw a person clutching the chain of the door of the Ka&rsquo;aba and saying:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>O Lord!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Forgive my sins for the sake of this blessed Ka&rsquo;aba.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) asked him as to what great sin he had committed.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana">He said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>O Prophet of Allah (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>I am affluent and have wealth and means, but when any pauper asks something of me, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-language:ER">I get so enraged that I feel as if I am on fire&hellip;.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-language:ER">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-language:ER">The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>You wretch!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Get away from the Ka&rsquo;aba lest your sins should destroy other creation as well.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>By Allah who has sent me for guidance of the creation!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Even if you offer Salaat in the Ka&rsquo;aba for 1000 years, fast and cry so much that your tears run in rivers and irrigate trees and people draw benefit from them.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>In spite of all this, if you die in miserliness, you will still go to hell as miserliness is like disbelief and the requital for disbelief is the fire of hell</span>.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: right;" class="MsoNormal">[Excerpted from Mawaaiz-e-Hasana, Vol. 1]</p>