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47:38 - Behold ye are those invited to spend (of your substance) in the way of Allah: but among you
are some that are niggardly. But any who are niggardly are so at the expense of their own
souls. But Allah is free of all wants and it is ye that are needy. If ye turn back (from the Path)
He will substitute in your stead another people; then they would not be like you! 48644865
4864 Here the case of the special devotee and of the average man with his human foibles are distinguished. Stinginess is
not a virtue: it hurts more the finer-nature of the individual practising it that it hurts the Cause. Allah is free of all wants
and independent of any need that we can meet. His Cause is similarly independent of human aid. But it uses human
agency for our own human advancement. The need to be able to serve Allah's cause is ours. We are the needy
beggars who should claim the privilege before the Lord of Bounties unbounded. (47.38)
4865 If we desert the Cause, the Cause will not fail. Better men than we will uphold the flag. But we should fall, and others
will take our place, who are not so timid, half- hearted, or stingy. In Wordsworth's words, "High Heaven rejects the lore
of nicely calculated less or more." (47.38)
4:37 - (Nor) those who are niggardly or enjoin niggardliness on others or hide the bounties which
Allah hath bestowed on them; for We have prepared for those who resist faith a punishment
that steeps them in contempt. 555556
555 Arrogance is one reason why our deeds of love and kindness do not thrive. Another is niggardliness or selfishness.
Allah does not love either the one or the other, for they both proceed from want of love of Allah, or faith in Allah.
Niggardly is the worldly wise man who not only refuses to spend himself in service, but by example and precept
prevents others from doing so, as otherwise he would be made odious by comparison, before his fellow-creatures. So
he either makes a virtue of his caution, or hides the gifts which have been given him-wealth, position, talent, etc.
(4.37)
556 Note how the punishment fits the crime. The niggard holds other people in contempt, and in doing so, becomes
himself contemptible. (4.37)
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 933 Narrated by
Ali ibn AbuTalib
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The niggardly is the one before whom I am mentioned and he does not invoke
blessings upon me.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 2.500
Abu Huraira
Narrated by
A man came to the Prophet and asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Which charity is the most superior in reward?" He replied, "The
charity which you practice while you are healthy, niggardly and afraid of poverty and wish to become wealthy. Do not delay it
to the time of approaching death and then say, 'Give so much to such and such, and so much to such and such.' And it has
already belonged to such and such (as it is too late)."
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 1886 Narrated by
AbuHurayrah
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Liberality is a tree in Paradise, of which he who is liberal will seize a branch,
and the branch will not leave him till it brings him into Paradise. And niggardliness is a tree in Hell, of which he who is
niggardly will seize a branch, and the branch will not leave him till it brings him into Hell."
Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.
NIGHT PRAYER:
52:49 - And for part of the night also praise thou Him and at the retreat of the stars! 50835084
5083 It is not necessary to understand this for any particular canonical prayers. It is good to spend a part of the night in
prayer and praise: Cf. lxxiii. 6. And the Dawn is a daily recurring miracle, full of spiritual influences and "testimony": Cf.
xvii. 78-79. (52.49)
5084 Idbar-un-nujum: the setting of the stars: the glorious hour of early dawn. In cxiii. 1, we seek Allah's protection as "Lord
of the Dawn". (52.49)
73:2 - Stand (to pray) by night but not all night 5755
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