The Beggar’s Statement: I Am Standing Before Allah, Then Before You

The questioner:
And the statement of some beggars: “I am standing before Allah, then before you.”

The Shaykh:
He wants money and says this talk; he wants money and implies that it is obligatory, and he answers, "I want to please you." If he were standing before Allah, standing in prayer, he would be praying, so he would be standing before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes, but he implies that it is obligatory, that he wants to please you. It is like the one who went to buy a donkey and found a man who said to him, "What do you want?" He said, "I want to buy a donkey." The man said, "Say, 'Insha'Allah.'" They said, "What is the point of saying that? The money is with me and the donkey is available for sale." When he left, the money was stolen. He found him a second time and said, "What happened?" He said, "The money was stolen, Insha'Allah." Yes, indeed. Yes, and Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.