Do Not Claim What You Gave Back Allah’s messenger prayer and
peace upon him said: “He who claims his gift or
charity back is like a dog which eats his own vomit”. (Bukhari, Muslim) To claim a gift or charity
back after it was happily given is very distasteful. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him
simulate it with a dog eating his vomit to show how nasty and revolting this
is. Why? 1- When a person gives
another something, the ownership of what he/she has given went to the new owner
i.e. it is no longer his (unlike lending) 2- When a person gives
another a
gift or charity, he is in fact placing it in Allah’s hand, and regardless of
what the recipient does to it, Allah the Highest will increase it and multiply
it several times for He said: “WHO WILL GIVE ALLAH A BEAUTIFUL LOAN And also said: “WHO SHALL GIVE ALLAH A BEAUTIFUL LOAN Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him also said: “Who gives a charity from good and pure earnings, and Allah
accepts the good and pure only. It will
be as if he put it in The Merciful Hand, and he will nurture it as one of you
nurtures a foal or a plant, until it grows to be like a mountain”. (Mowata,
Bukhari, Muslim, Ahmed) Therefore, who wishes to claim his charity or donation back, he is
taking it of Allah’s hand, not wishing Allah to increase and multiply it for
him. 3- Claiming a charity or donation and even a gift back is like to cause
hurt to the person it is taken from, even if just emotional upset. This hurt renders our charity null and void,
for Allah the Highest said: “YOU WHO BELIEVE, DO NOT RENDER YOUR CHARITY
NULL Unfortunately, some of us may claim their donation, charity or gift back
when some upset happens between them and the person they gave it to. In doing that, they loose Allah’s great reward,
cause hurt to others which is a sin.
Also may incur Allah’s anger and we ask Allah to protect us from His
anger. Dr.Ahmed Saafan
Thursday, November 06, 2008
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