The Motive for Hadyah (Gift)
The Motive for Hadyah (Gift)
“Most people, when presenting gifts, search for expensive items. The basis of hadyah should be muhabbat (love) and khuloos (sincerity) even if the gifted item is of insignificant value, even if it is fuloos (copper coins).
A Buzrug was on his way to meet another Buzrug. Along the way it occurred to him that he should present a gift. However, being a pauper, he had nothing. He gath- ered a pile of firewood from alongside the road. The Buzrug to whom the hadyah was given appreciated it so much that he instructed his khaadim to preserve it. “When I die, heat the ghusl water with this firewood. Perhaps it will be a ba- sis for my salvation.”
Subhaa- nallaah! The talks of these Buzrugs is also buzrug (sincere and sagacious).” (Hadhrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi)
