The Intended Meaning of the Description of the One Who Boasts of His Charity in the Hadith
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is mentioned in a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan an-Nasa'i 4459 and among them is the one who is stingy in giving. He says: What is meant by this description?
Answer:
It is the one who boasts of his charity and says to the poor person, "I gave to you, and I honored you," and he lists it to him. He does not boast of his charity.[Al-Baqarah 2:264] This is not permissible. This means that Allah has paired boasting with harm, because boasting is also harm, for you hurt him with this speech and you consider that you have a favor over him in this. This action is not permissible. It is not as if you are doing it for Allah when you boast of it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is mentioned in a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
There are three at whom Allah will not look on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He sanctify them, and theirs will be a painful torment
ثلاثة لا ينظر الله إليهم يوم القيامة ولا يزكيهم ولهم عذاب أليمAnswer:
It is the one who boasts of his charity and says to the poor person, "I gave to you, and I honored you," and he lists it to him. He does not boast of his charity.
O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders or injury
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُم بِالْمَنِّ وَالْأَذَىٰ
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شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 18-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:13:31)
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