اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
اَعُوْذُبِااللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْم
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
*_Today’s Thought for the day is from Surah Al-Isra Ayah 27_*
*اِنَّ الۡمُبَذِّرِیۡنَ کَانُوۡۤا اِخۡوَانَ الشَّیٰطِیۡنِ ؕ وَ کَانَ الشَّیۡطٰنُ لِرَبِّہٖ کَفُوۡرًا(27)*
*_”Indeed, the spendthrifts are the brothers of the devils. And Shaitaan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.”(27)_*
فضول خرچ لوگ شیطان کے بھائی ہیں ، اور شیطان اپنے رب کا ناشکرا ہے.(27)
_Spendthrifts are from the same family as the evil ones. And the chief of the evil ones – Shaitaan himself – fell by his ingratitude to Allah._ *What is meant by spendthrifts الْمُبَذِّرِیْنَ in this Ayah* , it means the people who squander their possessions in immoral acts which are certainly outside of Allah Azzawajal’s commands. People like this are called Satan’s friends. In this world they are tempted by Satan, and in the afterlife they will be put into hell.
Allah SWT said:
*وَمَنْ يَّعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهٗ شَيْطٰنًا فَهُوَ لَهٗ قَرِيْنٌ*
*_And whoever turns away from the teachings of Allah, the Most Merciful (the Qur’an), We let Satan (lead him astray) and become his intimate friend. (Az-Zukhruf/43: 36)_*
_Wealth is a great blessing from Allah Azzawajal and its wasteful expenditure is the greatest act lack of appreciation for that blessing. So those who misuse or squander Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la’s gifts are also ungrateful to Allah Azzawajal. There is no merit if we merely spend out of bravado or for idle show._
_*How many families are ruined by extravagant expenses at weddings, funerals, etc., or (as they may call it) to oblige “friends and relatives”, or to give to able-bodied beggars?* To no one was this command more necessary than it is to Muslims of the present day._
*_Act for the Day is:_* to understand that the Qur’an expresses the sense of spending wastefully through two words: (1) *Tabdhir ,* translated as *’squandering recklessly.’* (2) *Israf* : *extravagance*.‼ Tabdhir is spending in sin or on some totally unsuitable occasion or place, while Israf is spending beyond the level of need on an occasion where it is permissible to spend. Therefore, *Tabdhir is emphatically worse than Israf.*
_Let’s not to be a spendthrift, because *the spendthrifts are the brethren of Satan and Satan has been ungrateful to his Lord.*_
_We should not reserve our earnings and our wealth exclusively for our own person. *We should do our utmost to fulfil our own necessities of life in a moderate way and render the rights of our relatives, neighbours and other needy persons as well.* This attitude will help create the spirit of cooperation, sympathy and justice in the collective Islamic life._
(Please read S17:A28 also).
*_May Allah Subhanahu wa taa’la grant us the ability to reflect, ponder upon the Ayat and save us from following the footsteps of shaitan. Aa’meen Ya’Rabbul Aa’lameen._*
JazaK Allâhu Khair!