Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 462
CHAPTER 19 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Generosity and Spending in the Way of All a h 462 He saw a person irrigating his fields with this water. He enquired the owner's name and it was the same name he had heard from the cloud. The owner asked, "O servant of All a h, why do you ask my name?" This person told him, "I heard a voice from a cloud which commanded it to go and irrigate that person's orchard. Now you tell me as to what you do with the income of this orchard. " The owner replied, "As you have asked, I will tell you. I give one third of the income in charity, one third I keep for my family and the rest one third I keep for the seeds etc. " 12 Code of conduct for Charity The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa taught his Companions the code of conduct for spending in the way of All a h. He said, "While spending in the way of All a h, showing off and ostentation should not play any part. Whosoever practices this, God will treat him similarly, that is, he would attain fame and popularity, but he would lose the spiritual reward and would not gain All a h's pleasure. " 13 Describing the superiority of the person who gives charity secretly, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, "On the Day of Judgment when there would be no shelter except All a h's shelter, this charitable person, who gave charity in such a secret manner that no one knew about it, would be under All a h's shelter. " 14