Poor Behaviour!

There was once a family who saw a beggar standing at the door of their home. As they did not wish to give him anything, they tried to turn him away saying, “May Allah open your way.”

The beggar, however, was undeterred and asked for a slice of bread. Hearing his request, the family responded, “We don’t have any.”

Still undeterred, the beggar next asked, “Some wheat? Chicken? Barley?” They replied, “Sorry, but we don’t have any.” So the beggar asked, “How about some fat, olive oil or milk?” They answered, “Sorry, but we don’t have any of those either.” Finally, the beggar asked them for water. They said, “We don’t have any water.”

In utter frustration, the beggar burst out, “What are you doing, sitting at home? You should join me and beg as you are obviously even more in need than I am!” (Al-Mustatraf vol. 2, pg. 379) –  Source:  Uswatulmuslima

Be Indebted to the beggar – Hadhrat Maulana Maseeullah رحمه الله

Many beggars come here on a continuous basis. Alhamdulilláh, whatever Alláh Taʹálá grants taufíq for, I keep on giving.

Some tend to be very quarrelsome. They keep on coming regularly. I have told them that they should be happy with whatever I give them, whether I give them twenty or ten or five.

One should not boast of favours conferred on beggars. Alláh Taʹálá states:

O you who believe! Do not make your charity worthless by reproach and injury (insult). S2.264

Explaining it in other words: O Muslims! Do not destroy the (thawáb) of your sadaqát by boasting about it and causing difficulties but rather consider it a favour of the beggar that, through him, we have been given the taufíq to give sadaqát. And we should continuously ask Alláh Taʹálá for taufíq. The duʹá of Rasúlulláh ﺺىﻟ ﺎﻬﻠﻟ is as follows:

ﻼﻠّٰﻬﻣ ﻮﻔﻘﻨﻳ ﻢﻟا ﺢﺘﺑ ﻮﺗﺮﺿٰﻢﻧ ﻼﻗﻮﻟ وﻼﻌﻤﻟ وﻼﻔﻌﻟ

وﻼﻨﻳة وﻼهﺪى ﺎﻨآ ﻊﻠىٰﻚﻟ ﺶﻳء قﺪﻳر

O Alláh! Grant me the ability [to do] that which You love and are pleased with, be it a word, an act, a deed, an intention or a method [way]. Surely You have power over everything.

This is the statement of Rasúlulláh ﺺىﻟ ﺎﻬﻠﻟ ﻊﻠﻴه ﻮﺴﻠﻣ. So, we should continually ask for taufíq from Haqq Taʹálá. And we should feel indebted to the beggar. Otherwise, as it appears in the Hadíth Sharíf, such an era will also appear that the Muslims will go searching for people to give zakát to but will find no one who will accept the zakát.

Majlis Extract of Hadhrat Maulana Maseeullah رحمه الله

Source: For Friends Part 23