Why do we obey Allaah through our wealth?
Firstly, because Allaah is the Provider. He is the One
Who Favours and Gives us from His Bounties. If this is case, then it is
obligatory upon us to thank Him, by obeying Him through the wealth He has Given
to us.
Secondly, if you obey Allaah through your wealth and
fulfill the rights that wealth has over you, then through this, you are safeguarding yourself against the Anger and Punishment of Allaah, the Glorified and the
Exalted. You are safeguarding yourself from the Fire of Jahannam.
“On the Day when that (Al-Kanz: money, gold and
silver, etc., the Zakat of which has not been paid) will be heated in
the Fire of Hell and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and
their backs, (and it will be said unto them):-"This is the treasure which
you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard.” [at-Tawbah
9:35]
In this Aayah is the example of a person who doesn’t
pay his Zakaat, so what is his punishment – his skin is stretched out-forth, for
every cell and part of his skin, the wealth he had hoarded is placed on it.
However, the wealth he had hoarded will be blazed with the fire of
Jahannam.
"This is the treasure which you hoarded for
yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard.” [at-Tawbah 9:35]
When this person enters their grave, his hoarded will
come to him with an extremely foul smell and ghastly of in its appearance. The
person in the grave will ask, “What are you?” It will reply by saying, “I am
your savings.[1]”
Wealth is used to gain the Pleasure of Allaah, the Lord
of Glory and Might and to ward off His Punishment.
[1]
See Tafseer Ibn Katheer (2/152)
and in classed as Saheeh in Mukhtasar al-Bazzaar by Ibn Hajar (1/371)
No comments:
Post a Comment