An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 17
17 is deliverance, prestigious bounty and Allah’s pleasure. The truly faithful are those who are His pious servants. " 35 SPEND IN THE WAY OF ALLAH OUT OF THAT WHICH YOU LOVE "The door to piety is a narrow one. So remember that no one can enter it by spending useless and worthless things. The clear injuction is: ‘ You can never attain righteousness until you spend out of that which you love. ’ Until you spend the things which you love and are dear to you, you can not attain the stage of being loved. If you are not ready to bear suffering and to acquire true piety, how can you expect to succeed? Did the disciples gain their station without doing anything? Just look at how one has to work and toil in order to gain a worldly title, even though it does not give true peace and satisfaction. Then how is it possible for the title of ' may Allah be please with him ' to be acquired with no difficulty. The truth is that it is not possible to gain the pleasure of Allah—which is a source of true happiness—until one does not bear momentary hardships. Allah cannot be deceived. Happy are those who care not for pain in order to attain His pleasure, for it is only after temporary suffering that the believer is granted the light of eternal joy and everlasting comfort. " 36 WHO IS MY HELPER IN THE WAY OF ALLAH? "Most members of my Jam a ‘at are poor and unprivileged, but to present oneself for the service of Allah with a pure heart is the cure for every problem and difficulty. So whoever truly believes in the existence of Allah and knows that he is dependant upon 35 Majm u ’ah Ishtih a r a t , volume. 3, p. 151-153. 36 Tafs i r Hadrat Mas ih Ma‘ u d as , volume 2, p. 131.