An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 26
26 …When a M usi reveals his income, it should be considered accurate without further investigation and Chanda should be received from him according to this income. But if there is solid evidence that the income he has revealed is less than his actual income, his Wa s iyyat shall not be acceptable, for then he will be guilty of lying deliberately, and a liar cannot be a M usi. Hence he excludes himself from the class of M usia n by his own action. " 49 H A D RAT KHAL I FATUL MAS IH IV rh BE TRUE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD IN YOUR DEALINGS WITH ALLAH "…. But Allah Almighty says that these people too have been blessed with Insight; you can deceive neither them nor Me. Your lifestyle, your society, your values, each of these things reveals how much you possess. Since Wa s iyyat is not a system of taxation, therefore, in view of the moral norms and practice of the Jam a ‘at , the office-bearers accept whatever a person claims to be his income, even when they know that he is not speaking the truth. But what comes to pass later on is very dangerous indeed for such people: their sacrifices of a lifetime go in vain and they lose their wealth and fall into all kinds of troubles. Allah, Who knows everything, has countless ways of bestowing and similarly of taking back. Such people even become deprived of the peace and comfort which wealth is supposed to provide. At times the wealth of such families is squandered before their very eyes and they are helpless to do anything about it. …Therefore, you should always be true and straightforward in your dealings with Allah, Who is the Giver and Provider. Only then will your sacrifices be of any use to you and you will inherit even greater blessings. Why should you fear to spend in the way of 49 Weekly Badr, Qadian , November 4, 1982.