(027) The Chain Of Charity

(read time : 4 minutes)

If you’re interested in short insightful updates about the business world every day of the week from Wall St. to Silicon Valley, Morning Brew has some good articles

Here’s Why Over 4 Million Professionals Read Morning Brew

• Business news explained in plain English

• Straight facts, zero fluff, & plenty of puns

• 100% free

See for yourself

Today At A Glance

• Righteousness Or Innovation?

• The Chain of Charity

• The Second Meeting  

Righteousness Or Innovation?

Allah says:

“…It is not from righteousness to enter houses from the the back, but righteousness is in having Taqwa of Allah…”

[Al-Baqarah 2:189]

To understand this verse we need to understand the context. The people before Islam had the belief that those who were in a state of Ihram could not enter their houses or tents from the front door until they came out of ihram, so Allah revealed the verse.

The lesson we derive is, righteousness, acts of worship and good deeds are not derived from the whims, fancies and desires of people, but rather they are determined by Allah and His Messenger.

Building on this point, It is important that we worship Allah according to how He has instructed us and avoid the path of misguidance and innovation.

Summary

Every Innovation (in matters of the religion) Is Misguidance

The Chain of Charity

The Messenger ﷺ said in a long hadith:

“If a woman gives charity from her husbands house without harm, she will be rewarded, and he will be rewarded for earning and the keeper (guard/helper) will also be rewarded” [Muslim]

This hadith has different wordings. Most of the wordings are speaking about a woman giving food in charity from her husbands earning.

There are a few important points to mention

1) The scholars mention that the charity she gives from her husbands food/earning should be with his permission or something he wouldn’t mind (e.g something small)

2) If a woman gives from her own wealth, then she can give whatever she feels like as this belongs to her.

3) This hadith encourages us to give charity even if it is in small amounts

4) The “keeper” in our times could refer to a helper, guard or anybody who plays a part in looking after or delivering the charity.

Summary

Everybody who plays a part in enabling charity is rewarded

The People of Madinah Meet The Messenger ﷺ For A Second Time

During the hajj of the 13th year after revelation, The Ansar (people of Madinah) met the Messenger ﷺ, as was agreed upon.

This time though, there were a lot more people. Roughly 70 men and 2 women. They had agreed to meet The Messenger ﷺ in secret.

Accompanying The Messenger ﷺ was his uncle Al-Abbass, even though he was not yet a muslim.

During this meeting, they agreed on many points and conditions and it served as the foundation for what would eventually be the foundation of a safe place the Muslims could move to and establish as their own.

Lesson

Between the initial meeting with the Ansar and the actual migration was about 3 - 4 years. A lot of important ideas require time to implement as well as meetings and discussion

If you found this beneficial, I would be grateful if you could share it with others and encourage them to subscribe

If you have any general feedback, i would love to hear it. You can reply directly to this email.

See You Next Week إن شاء الله

Wassalamualaykum

Adnaan

Writing Todays Newsletter in Manila