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INVESTING
FOR THE HEREAFTER
Zubaydah
was the wife of Haroon al-Rasheed, the Abbasid Caliph and also a secret
follower of Imam Musa ibn Ja’ffar al-Kadhim (a.s.). Being the wife of
the caliph and by virtue of being a queen, she was the most important
woman of her time.
It is
related that:
One day
Zubaydah was reciting the Holy Quran when she came across the verse
which reads: “You shall never attain
righteousness until you spend (in the cause of Allah) of what you love
(most)…” (3:92)
As soon
as she read this verse, Zubaydah got up from her place and opened up her
treasury (safe) to see what was the thing she loved most from her
possessions and she discovered that it was the Holy Quran, the writings
of which was gilt-covered (coated with gold). The gold was not an
ordinary gold. It was the most expensive type of those days.
Immediately, Zubaydah called for a Jeweller, had the gold removed from
the Holy Quran, and gave it away in the cause of Allah (SWT). She sold
off the gold and whatever value she got for it, she spent the money to
build a fountain of water in Taif, from the source of which, even today
water flows in to Makkah and benefits the pilgrims. (Tafseer of
Suratul-Hadeed: Ayatollah Dasti Ghayb)
“O you who believe! Spend out of what We have given you before the day
comes when there shall be no bargaining, nor friendship, nor
intercession and the disbelievers – they are unjust”.
(2:254)
“And whatever good thing you spend, is to your own good; and do not
spend except to seek the pleasure of Allah”.
(2:272)
Imam ‘Ali
bin Abi Talib (a.s.) has said, “No one
shall benefit anything from this world (after he dies) except what he
had spent (from it) for his Hereafter”. (Meezan al-Hikmah)
Mulla
Mujaheedali Sheriff
mulla@almahdi.org.uk |