Generosity & Miserliness Archives

For those who desire a righteous heart

Aqeedah & Beliefs, Arrogance & Pride, Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, Day of Judgement, Day of Judgement, Death & The Grave, Family & Marriage, Fasting & Ramadan, Fiqh & Islamic Jurisprudence, Food & Eating, Generosity & Miserliness, Good Deeds & Their Rewards, Health & The Body, Knowledge, Knowledge & Seeking Knowledge, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Moderation & Balance, Parenthood & Raising Children, Prayer & Worship, Prophets & Their Stories, Rectifying Oneself, Religion, Salaf & Early Generations, Scholars & Their Status, Shaykh Ibraaheem al-Farraaj, Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Sins, Sins & Avoiding Them, Sleep & Waking, The Heart & Its Diseases, The Soul & Nafs, Time Management & Priorities, Wasting & Squandering, Wealth & Poverty, Words of Wisdom, Worldly Life & Its Deception 6 March 2026 Abu 'Abdullaah

May Allaah grant you goodness. It has been narrated that al-Ashtar once entered upon 'Ali ibn Abi Taalib رضي الله عنه – after part of the night had passed – while he was standing in prayer.

Have compassion for the common Muslims

Aqeedah & Beliefs, Generosity & Miserliness, Humility & Tawadu, Knowledge & Seeking Knowledge, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Religion, Shaykh Ubayd al-Jaabiree, Words of Wisdom, Zakat & Charity 12 May 2025 Abu 'Abdullaah

So I advise you – may Allaah bless you – to take care of the common people – the general Muslims. Pay close attention to them.

The importance of exercising patience

Dhikr & Supplication, Du'a & Its Etiquette, Generosity & Miserliness, Patience & Sabr, Prayer, Prayer & Worship, Shaykh Saalih al-'Usaymee, Supplication, Trials & Calamities, Words of Wisdom 9 April 2020 Abu 'Abdullaah

Exercising patience whilst waiting for relief [from the trial] is an act of worship, for indeed, Allaah is most generous in giving.

From the Mercy of Allaah upon His worshippers

Generosity & Miserliness, Prayer & Worship, Qur.aan, Quran & Its Sciences, Words of Wisdom, Zakat & Charity 28 January 2018 Abu 'Abdullaah

From the Mercy of Allaah upon His worshippers is that a good deed wipes away a bad deed, and a bad deed does not wipe away a good deed.

Distinguished character

Generosity & Miserliness, Humility & Tawadu, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Sincerity, Sincerity & Intention, Words of Wisdom 18 June 2017 Abu 'Abdullaah

Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله was extremely shy and modest, and of distinguished character, and liked [being] overly generous.

The generous companion

Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, Friendship & Companionship, Generosity & Miserliness, Knowledge & Seeking Knowledge, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Parents & Honouring Them, Words of Wisdom 22 December 2016 Abu 'Abdullaah

I have not seen a man who was more generous than Ismaa'eel ibn 'Ayyaash. When we would visit him at the farm, he would suffice only with [slaughtering] a sheep for us and [some] dried fried dates.

The precious value of time

Generosity & Miserliness, Hadith & Its Sciences, Manners, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Time Management & Priorities, Wealth & Poverty, Words of Wisdom 5 March 2016 Abu 'Abdullaah

I came across groups of people, and one from [among] them [all] was more stingy about [how he spent] his time than he was with his money.

A miser with his knowledge

Generosity & Miserliness, Knowledge, Knowledge & Seeking Knowledge, Manners & Etiquette, Manners & Etiquette, Wealth & Poverty, Words of Wisdom 11 July 2003 Abu 'Abdullaah

A man who is a miser with his knowledge is worse than a man who is a miser with his money, for the money-miser is afraid of using up what he possesses but the knowledge-miser is being mean with...