Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 202
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 202 Now, reflect that since attaining true virtue and Divine pleasure is absolutely impossible without these things, what can be achieved with mere vain boasting? The condition of the Companions ra was that, for example, Ab u Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, from among them was so courageous and sincere that he brought all his possessions to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. What was the reason for this? It was so because he had devoted his life to God Almighty and kept nothing for himself. When the good days come for a believer to benefit, he is happy on such occasions when he has to spend something. He knows that the essence of sincerity and purity, hidden until now, will become manifest. As opposed to this, the hypocrite is afraid because he knows his hypocrisy will be exposed now. This matter of the graveyard is also of the same type— believers will be content with it, and the hypocrisy of hypo- crites will be exposed. I did not present this matter until it was repeatedly and clearly revealed to me. There is no doubt that we are all going to die eventually. Now, reflect that for those who leave wealth behind, that wealth comes into the possession of their children. After death, what do they know about the state of their children? Sometimes children turn out to be so mischievous, wicked, and sinful that all that wealth is squandered in drinking and fornication and all kinds of wicked and sinful deeds, and in this way, instead of being beneficial, that wealth becomes harm- ful and a source of punishment for the one who leaves it. So this being the case, why do you not spend your wealth on an opportunity that will be a source of merit and benefit for you? Moreover, that will be the case only when a portion of your property is for the Faith. The benefit from this will be that if your wealth also has a share for the Faith, then the evil that may