An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice — Page 20
20 SAYINGS OF THE SUCCESSORS OF THE PROMISED MESSIAH as H A D RAT KHAL I FATUL MA SIH I ra SPEND YOUR WEALTH IN THE WAY OF ALLAH "…In order to receive Divine favours, it is necessary that one should go through fear. Fear of what? Fear of Allah? Fear of the enemy? Fear of the apostasy of some foolish people with weak faith? But this will not be enough. The fact is that this is a prophecy. Allah Almighty says: ' I shall test you with fear and hunger and loss of property and lives and fruit. ' Hunger also comes from fasting, so this verse tells us to keep fasts or to spend so much by way of Sadaqa and charity that you reach the state of starvation. Spend so much out of your property that it should become less, and also spend your lives in His cause and similarly your harvests. " 39 SPEND YOUR WEALTH ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF ALLAH "…Being a micro universe, man needs a King to administer his kingdom. He also needs someone to fulfil his needs. Each of the attributes belongs to Allah. It is under His protection that a believer should find shelter against hidden doubts and temptations which pull him backwards and are a barrier in his progress. Islam today is in a miserable state. A kind of self-conceit afflicts every Muslim. He does not spend his property and his time according to Allah’s Teachings. Allah has made 39 Friday Sermon, June 5, 1908.