Sister wants to send us money
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's
Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
hi i will post some money or a check to you ok
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Answer:
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Our
beloved, dear and respected sister in Islam, may Allah Subhanah bless you and
increase your reward for your kind intention and gesture in offering us your
help and support in this noble cause of Allah Subhanah. But sister, the honest truth is that not much
money is needed to formulate and moderate this forum, as each and every brother
and sister who help moderate and run this forum do so on an absolute voluntary
basis, seeking nothing but the Forgiveness, Pleasure, and Good Will of the
Merciful Lord.
May Allah
Subhanah reward you from His Unending and Endless Bounties for your intention,
and we request you to spend this money in giving it to the poor and needy, or
to an orphanage or widow-house, or to any good institution who accepts monetary
help to further the propagation of the Truth from the Quran and Sunnah. And rest assured that anything you spend in
the Cause of Allah Subhanah, The Self-Sufficient and Merciful Lord has promised
a manifold and unending reward to the doers of good deeds.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 261: The parable of those who spend their substance in the way of Allah
is that of a grain of corn: it groweth seven ears and each ear hath a hundred
grains. Allah giveth manifold increase
to whom He Pleaseth; and Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 64 Surah Taghabun verses 16-17:
16 So fear Allah as much as ye can; listen and obey; and spend in
charity for the benefit of your own souls: and those saved from the
covetousness of their own souls they are the ones that achieve prosperity.
17 If ye loan to Allah a beautiful loan He will double it to your
(credit) and He will grant you Forgiveness: for Allah is most Ready to
appreciate (service), Most Forbearing
Beloved
sister in Islam, we again reiterate our gratefulness to you for your intention
to help in this noble cause of Allah Subhanah; but in all humility we must
decline your offer. Allah is our
witness, we expect or ask for absolutely no reward from anyone except the
Merciful Lord, for the service that we provide through this humble forum; for
the only wish and intention of every single brother and sister who spends her/his
selfless efforts and countless hours in moderating this humble forum is that
he/she may be able to say what every righteous slave of Allah Subhanah said
when propagating the Truth to those who willed to listen to good caution:
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqan verse 57: Say: "No reward do I ask of you for it, but this: that each one
who will, may take a (straight) Path to his Lord."
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 34 Surah Saba verse 47: Say: "No reward do I ask of you: it is (all) in your interest:
my reward is only due from Allah: and He is Witness to all things.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 92 Surah Al-Layl
verses 19-20:
19 And have in their minds no favor from anyone for which a reward is
expected in return
20 But only the desire to seek for the countenance of their Lord, Most
High.
We hope
and pray that you will understand and forgive us for declining your generous
offer, and we pray that Allah Subhanah reward you for your intentions from His
Unending Mercy, in the life of this world and in the Hereafter.
Beloved
and dear Sister in Islam, if our humble efforts have been beneficial to you in
any way, then in all humility we do implore you for one invaluable favor: that
you supplicate the Merciful Lord for us in your prayers, and ask him to forgive
us our sins and pardon our short-comings for the weak efforts we try to do in
His Cause, and save each and every brother and sister who help moderate this
forum from the Hell Fire on The Day which is absolutely inevitable.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 6588 Narrated
by Abud Darda
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘There is no believing servant who
supplicates for his brother behind his back, that the Angels do not say: “The
same be for you too.”’
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan