The ruling on spending all one's wealth in the cause of Allah
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is the one who spends his wealth in the cause of Allah part of the needy? Does he withhold everything in the prohibited matter?
The Shaykh:
Yes, I know the question.
The questioner:
He asks: Does the one who spends his wealth in the cause of Allah, giving it all to the needy without exception, fall under the prescribed measure?
The Shaykh:
He means: Does he spend all his wealth and leave himself nothing? There is a distinction here, as the scholars have mentioned. If he has strong certainty and reliance upon Allah, there is nothing wrong with spending all his wealth in the cause of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, if the need calls for it, because he has in his certainty and reliance upon Allah what suffices him, just as Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) did. He gave all his wealth in charity, so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: “What have you left for your family?” He said: “I have left for them Allah and His Messenger.” And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said regarding the Ansar: “They prefer others over themselves even if it harms them”[Al-Hashr 59:9] This is the strength of faith. But if a person has not reached this level, and does not have strong faith or strong gratitude, and there is fear for him, then he does not spend all his wealth; rather, he spends a portion of what he does not need. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is the one who spends his wealth in the cause of Allah part of the needy? Does he withhold everything in the prohibited matter?
The Shaykh:
Yes, I know the question.
The questioner:
He asks: Does the one who spends his wealth in the cause of Allah, giving it all to the needy without exception, fall under the prescribed measure?
The Shaykh:
He means: Does he spend all his wealth and leave himself nothing? There is a distinction here, as the scholars have mentioned. If he has strong certainty and reliance upon Allah, there is nothing wrong with spending all his wealth in the cause of Allah the Exalted and Majestic, if the need calls for it, because he has in his certainty and reliance upon Allah what suffices him, just as Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) did. He gave all his wealth in charity, so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: “What have you left for your family?” He said: “I have left for them Allah and His Messenger.” And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said regarding the Ansar: “They prefer others over themselves even if it harms them”
preference over themselves, even though they are in privation. And
عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ وَمَن
Source
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