Continuation of the explanation of the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): (… and stinginess and faith will never coexist in the heart of a servant forever).

The Shaykh : As for the other part of it, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): , this hadith, like many others, requires us to note that when the term "faith" is used in the Book or the Sunnah, the intended meaning is complete faith, ; that is, complete faith, meaning that a complete believer cannot have stinginess and miserliness as part of his nature and disposition. If we understand this qualification—complete faith—then it should not be a problem for anyone that we see many Muslims who are stingy and miserly, who do not fulfill their obligations, many of whom do not pay the zakah of their wealth, and many of whom do not spend on their families and children what is their right. How can it be said, as comes in this hadith: ? The answer is that the intended meaning of faith here is complete faith, for complete faith and stinginess certainly do not coexist. So if we see a Muslim man who testifies that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, who prays and fasts, yet we see him as stingy, this is proof that his stinginess is evidence that his faith is not complete. This is the main point of this hadith. In the hadith, there is an exhortation for every Muslim to be far removed from stinginess and miserliness. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And all of this is heedlessness of the legal reality, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith: Therefore, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) legislated for His believing servants from the legislations what helps them to purify their souls. So if there is a person who feels that he has a nature of stinginess and miserliness, the Shari'ah comes to him, as He (the Exalted) said: . Zakah is named so because it purifies the soul from the nature of stinginess and miserliness. So his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in this hadith: , the intended meaning of faith here is complete faith.