 عوض الله سمي العليم للشيطان اللعين الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على خير خلقه أجمعين حبيب قلوبنا وشفي عذنو بناء بالقاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين المطاهرين المكرمين أهل بيته الطيبين والصلاة والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله تعالى وبركاته عندما يأتي لأجهزة وقالات ومدينة ومدينة ومدينة نحن نحن نحن نمتع من شخصنا ومدينة ومدينة ولكننا نأخهم as our role models in every sense of the word they are of course the glorious family of salvation, the purity of the mankind's efforts placed into their existence and indeed they are the ships of salvation the أهل البيت عليهم السلام when we look at a quality that was indeed demonstrated and exemplified by them such as generosity and magnanimity you find that each and every one of them stood out as an example for others to emulate إمام الحسن المجتبة peace and blessings be upon him the second holy Imam was known as كريم أهل البيت the generous of the أهل البيت this doesn't mean that the other members of the glorious household did not necessarily possess this quality but rather it was as a demonstration that there were a number of instances in his glorious life that this was recorded but if you examine the biography in each and every one of the 14 معصومين you come to that conclusion that they were all the people of generosity and kindness starting of course with the holy prophet محمد صلى الله عليه و آله و سلم عودي بن حاتم الطائي was an individual who embraced the religion of Islam due to the generosity of the holy prophet حاتم الطائي was an individual the father of عودي was a man whom people used to give or use as an example of generosity so if the Arabs talk about كرم or generosity they refer to a man by the name of حاتم الطائي sometimes when people come to his house he would give them everything that he owned as an example if he had one sheep he would slaughter that sheep if he had ten he would provide them with such food his son would say that when my sister was taken captive she pleaded with the prophet to be released and he freed her when he freed her I went to visit the prophet went to see how he lived his life رأيته يحب الفقير و يفك الأسير I saw that he loved the poor and he freed the captive و يرحم الصغير and he was kind and merciful upon the youngsters و يعرف قدر الكبير and he knew the status and the position of the elders و ما رأيته أجوده و على أكرم منه سبحان الله عودي بن حاتم says I have not seen an individual more generous and more magnanimous and kind than the prophet of Islam I have not seen anyone as kind and more generous as the prophet peace and blessings be upon him and his holy progeny and that's why عودي بن حاتم himself embraced religion of Islam like you look at the example of the glorious أهل البيت سيدة النساء فاطمة الزهراء صلوات الله وسلامه عليها whether it was the eve of her wedding when she gave away her dress whether it was the exemplary actions of three days of breaking the fast with water because they would give all their food to the poor the orphan or the captive whether it was the story of the famous story of the necklace in which the سيدة peace be upon her the lady of light would give this to the needy individual who then went on to sell it to أمار بن ياسور who donated it or gave it back to the prophet who gave it to his beloved دوة سيدة فاطمة this and many examples highlight the kindness of this holy family in chapter 59 verse number 9 الله سبحانه وتعالى tells us of a story that was particularly important to the lives of the أهل البيت عليها this was when an individual came to visit the messenger of Allah محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and said to him يا رسول الله I am a visitor but I am hungry I need to be fed the prophet peace be upon him and his family sent a message to his wives and said is there anyone who is able to feed this person they said no we are not able to we don't have any food at home in the mosque there was a man who would not say no to any act of kindness who would seize the opportunity and would not let it go and that was أمير المؤمنين علي ابنة بيطالب علي السلام he said to the رسول الله يا رسول الله I would take this man he took him home سيدة فاطمة who had prepared food sufficient only for the family herself امير المؤمنين امام الحسنة وحسين when this man was taken home سيدة فاطمة امير المؤمنين discussed amongst themselves that this man should be given the food entirely and that would need the children to be put to sleep and that would need a way in which he would only eat the food without امير المؤمنين sharing the food with him look at the extent of altruism that the أهل البيت علي السلام possessed so what they did was they switched off the candle was dark so this man would only see the food right in front of him he would eat he would not see that امام علي السلام would not be eating with him and the next day امير المؤمنين was told by the prophet of Islam صلى الله عليه وسلم that there is a verse that has been revealed due to the actions of the أهل البيت the verse says ويؤثرون على أنفسهم ولو كان بهم خصاصة they think about others before themselves even though they needed it and so you'll find this and many other examples demonstrated by this holy household as a quality generosity known as سخاء or كرم is one that the teachings of the religion of Islam highlight in many places the prophet of Islam محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم in a famous narration says السخي قريب من الله قريب من الناس قريب من الجنة the generous one is close to Allah is close to people and is close to paradise and بعيد من النار far from hellfire at the same time conversely the maizeli البخيلو بعيد من الله بعيد من الناس بعيد من الجنة قريب من النار that the maizeli is far from God is far from people people don't like to deal with people who are stingy or maizeli and far from jannah but they are close to hell in this narration in بحار العنوار volume 73 the prophet of Islam says that generosity إن السخاء شجارة من أشجار الجنة لها أخصان متدلية that generosity is a tree that is found in paradise has many branches in this world whomesoever is generous in this world will hold on to some of the branches of this tree that it's originating from paradise and it will eventually lead them to jannah so by holding on to that branch or that part of that tree in this world it will eventually give them and grant them eternal bliss happiness and prosperity the prophet peace and blessings be upon him and his holy progeny in a narration says that people are of four kinds سخيون وكريمون بخيلون وكريمون بخيلون ولايمون so the classification by the holy prophet is made according to the following السخي the generous one الذي يأكل ويعطي is the one who eats themselves and gives الكريم لا يأكل ويعطي the magnanimous the extra generous they themselves they don't eat and they give البخيل the magnanimous يأكل ويعطي they themselves at least eat or they keep it themselves they keep the food or their wealth for themselves but they don't share it without this they don't give to others worse than this is any person who is known as لايم extremely stingy or magnanimous لا يأكل ويعطي neither do they give to others neither do they spend on themselves and we have examples that perhaps we have ourselves come across of people who are under that particular كالب أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب صلوات الله وسلامه علي in a beautiful narration and perhaps there is a need for us to reflect on this narration it's truly wonderful to look at certain أحاديث and to what I would say to press the pause button in our lives not to listen to a narration be inspired by it for a short period of time but really keep it ongoing in our lives maybe write it down somewhere in our phones or place it in our wall or keep a reminder about some narrations such as this he says أجبتوا للشخي البخيل I am surprised about the فقر يتأجل الفقر الذي منه هارب he or she is making poverty that they are running away from something that will be fall upon them ويفوته الغينا الذي إياه طالب and the richness or the wealth that they are looking for they are missing out on how فيا عيش في الدنيا عيش الفقراء they live in this world the life of the poor ويحاسب في الأخرة حساب الأغنية and on the day of judgment they'll be held accountable like a rich or wealthy or affluent individual will be held accountable what does this beautiful narration mean how do we understand it well now I am surprised you have individuals who are so miserly who are so stingy they are holding on to the wealth and they are afraid of poverty but the more they are in the state the more Allah will make them fearful and the more they will remain in the state of fear in poverty or perhaps they encounter more poverty and they are running away from the wealth that they actually seek so in this world they live as people who are poor and in the end they'll be held accountable as people who are rich so they're not necessarily going to enjoy this world but in the hereafter they'll be held accountable as if they had the wealth and they enjoyed the wealth so to speak so Imam A.S. says think about it reflect on this because sometimes it is needed for us to understand how we can utilize the resources and the blessings and the favours of the Almighty سبحانه وتعالى that have been bestowed upon us إنه القرآن we have a beautiful notion and that is الله تعالى constantly uses the description that certain people are مفلحون they are victorious they are successful 12 times in the Quran we find the description for certain people that they are indeed victorious مفلحون one of them is in chapter 64 verse 16 الله تعالى says فتقوا الله ما استطعتهم observe God consciousness and piety as much as possible وأسمعوا وأطيعوا وأنفقوا خيرا لأنفسكم listen obey and give what is good for yourself you see one individual beautifully says when I donate and when I give and help others I may be helping their dunya but they're helping my akhira it's a tool it's a means it's a way to attain righteousness, virtue and to attain the reward from the Almighty سبحانه وتعالى الله سبحانه وتعالى says وأنفقوا خيرا لأنفسكم you think that by giving and by being generous you're actually helping others well indeed you are but Allah says it's actually coming back to you خيرا لأنفسكم for your own self is good then He says وَمَا يُوْقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَا إِكَهُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ now the description of مفلحون is used but it says وَمَا يُوْقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ Whomsoever is able to break the tendency for self-centeredness or egoistic thinking what is this شُح حُن نفس how do we understand it and what does it actually relate to well شُح in Arabic is worse than being miserly إمام جعفر بن محمد صادق صلى الله عليه وسلم the six holy Imam describes what it means to be الشحيح He says الشحيح أشد من البخيل to be referred to as شحيح is sadly a state worse than miserliness or stinginess why because the following are exhibited by somebody who has God forbid these kind of characteristics يشح على ما في أي دن ناس حتى لا يرى يدين ناس شيئا إلا تمنى أن يكون له بالحلي والحرام not only do they not give not only do they hold back but when they see others having something that they themselves don't have what do they do they immediately wish for that thing which people have to be taken away from them in whichever way possible ولا يشبع ولا ينتفع بما رزقه الله they are not satisfied or content with whatever Allah سبحانه وتعالى has indeed given them الله تبارك وتعالى says if you and I are individuals who are defeating that tendency within ourselves if we are able to break that tendency to worry about you know what others have which may not we may not have and so on and so forth and at the same time be kind and generous enough to give to people then we are victorious ولا ايك هم المفلحون and the narrations of the أحل البيت my dear brothers and sisters is a message to my self-interest and foremost and to all my brothers and sisters and friends out there the narrations tell us this the more generous we are in life the greater love and compassion that we spread the more merciful we become the more kindness we espouse and become beacons off and at the same time it is a promise of the Almighty that the رزق and the sustenance of الله سبحانه وتعالى definitely increases أمير المؤمنين ومولى المتقين علي بنبي طالب صلوات الله وسلام عليه says عليكم بال حسناء وحسن الخلق إن شور that you do righteousness as well as أو عليكم بالسخاء وحسناء الخلق رادة you must be generous and have good أخلاق فإنهما يزيدان الرزق because they will increase رزق ويوجبان المحبة they will increase love in society love and kindness in among the people يجب أن تأكد قراراً رزق that many people in the United Kingdom were indeed heartbroken to see the fire in this غرنفل تاوة في لندن across the world people recognized that unfortunately more than 80 people lost their lives due to this fire but thereafter the generosity of the people was something that touched the heart of so many people yes you saw people left right and sent a respective of their faith their nomination background religion color they would send food and clothing and all kinds of necessities in the tons yes was sent to this particular area out of the kindness that people had and out of the very humanitarian tendency that people exhibited and this was something that many people acknowledged and they praised it is something that is beloved to people and certainly brought the community together certainly increased the love amongst the community themselves that's why we find that indeed great examples of generosity are the Ahl al Bayt عليهم السلام who would send a message to the people that Shaytan would want to stop us from being generous would want us to think 500 times before helping out someone and maybe even more than we actually thought would be needed one day a man an Arab a Bedouin came into the mosque of the Holy Prophet in Medina after the Sad Shahada of Imam Al-Hasan المجتبة عليهم السلام when he came inside the mosque he saw in the corner different people sitting so in one corner he saw a man by the name of who is sitting there he saw sitting one corner and he saw sitting in the corner of the Masjid he went to first of all أتبا أو عبدالله أيضا أسوار is asking for help he said I have killed a cousin of mine by accident and I have to pay the deal I have to pay the punishment you know the blood money can you help me one of them first of all gives him 100 درهمs 100 درهمs at that time was nothing really in terms of the sheer volume of the extent of this how much this person had to pay so he said to that person to either أتبا أو عبدالله I'm not interested I need the full amount he goes to the second person and he says to him I'll give you 200 or says to a slave given 200 درهمs once again this is nothing it's not sufficient he comes to he comes to Imam سيد الشهداء about عبدالله الحسين عليه السلام when he says to him that I need help this is what's happened Imam عليه السلام gives him 10,000 درهمs did it stop there? no he gives him another 10,000 this Arabic is bewildered he melts in the face of this unbelievable generosity he says to Imam الحسين 10,000 then an additional 10,000 Imam says that first 10,000 is so that you pay the blood money the second 10,000 is so that you spend on yourself get yourself in a proper state spend on your family yes look at this look at this example that the أهل البيت عليه السلام give with this particular result and how it produced such kind following such kind love by the people they recognized that if we wanted to know a house of generosity we'd go to the Imam of the time and that's why people learned from such examples such as the oldest son of Imam الحسين عليه السلام we are told that he would say to his mother our mother let the burning or the the fumes or the smoke of the burning of the wood in preparation for the food continue so that people see and smell that we have food so that they would come and ask us so that we can give them so that we can provide for them yes and therefore in today's day and age where materialism and love of possession is so profound it is very much part and parcel of people's thinking that I must have this and I must acquire this it is also an invitation to us from the Quranic teachings from the actions and the virtues demonstrated by this Holy Household that we should break those idols within us we should shatter those egoistic tendencies for the sake of Allah and be charitable and place the smile on the faces of the orphans and the needy help our brothers and sisters who have requested us to assist them for the sake of Allah and not necessarily fear poverty or fear that our wealth will diminish but rather Allah سبحانه وتعالى will definitely increase it and bless it and reward us in this world and hereafter we pray to Him سبحانه وتعالى to grant us a trophy to be of the generous ones to grant us the opportunity to really understand the illustrious life of the Ahl al-Bayt and to follow in their footsteps وأخر الدعوان أن الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله وسلم وبارك على نبي الرحمة محمد المصطفى وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المأصومين