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Have you ever wondered who will eventually eat the food in your house, spend the money in your account, or inherit the wealth you worked so hard to accumulate?

Many homes today have freezers filled with food, wardrobes filled with clothes, and bank accounts with enough to ease someone's hardship. Yet, just a few streets away, families go to bed hungry. An orphan is waiting for help. A widow is struggling to survive. A student has abandoned school because of a small amount of money. We often say, "I'm saving for the future". But whose future are we really saving for?

Allah says:

"Whatever good you send ahead for yourselves, you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward." (Qur'an 73:20)

The Prophet ﷺ also said:

"The son of Adam says, 'My wealth! My wealth!' But what truly belongs to you is only what you have eaten and consumed, what you have worn and worn out, or what you have given in charity and thus sent ahead."

How true these words are! The wealth we guard so jealously will one day belong to someone else. Our children may inherit it. Relatives may divide it. Strangers may buy it. Some may even squander it. But the charity we gave sincerely for Allah's sake is the only part that will remain ours forever.

What will become of the food that spoils in our refrigerators while our neighbours sleep hungry? What excuse will we have if Allah asks why we ignored the cries of those He placed within our reach?

This does not mean we should neglect our families or spend recklessly. Islam teaches balance. But it also warns against allowing love of wealth to harden our hearts. A believer understands that wealth is a trust, not a trophy.

Before today ends, ask yourself: Who can I feed? Who can I support? Which burden can I help lift? Even a small act of generosity can become a mountain of reward with Allah.

Remember, when we die, our money will remain behind. Our houses will remain. Our cars will remain. Our businesses will remain. Only the good we sent ahead will accompany us to the grave.

May Allah purify our hearts from stinginess, make us among the generous, bless us with wealth that benefits us in this world and the Hereafter, and accept every act of charity we offer sincerely for His sake. Āmīn.

Some won share but he no dey, so some will tag them as being stingy

If you give out those things you will in more trouble. Poor people don't need help, get it right

All the money and wealth some of you refused to share, your next of kin go use am carry olosho before your burial sef.
Even MKO that shared his money, his son dated IBBs daughter(most likely bought her gifts), imagine next of kin spending his father's sweat on the daughter of the person that caused problems for his dad

What right do you have to call someone stingy?
(a) you don't know how much they have
(b) you don't know their financial challenges
(c) You can't tell them how to spend their money. They worked for it

Na begi begi dey call people stingy - Warri proverb

Be contented with what you have, get busy, be honest, and invest your time wisely. Stop sticking your nose into other people's life and business. What is your business with what happens to another person's possession?

You too dey beg nobody owe u shit, get busy man and let's put an end together to this begging culture ruining Nigeria. Some people na celebrity beggar now for this country, shame on you and your likes

Since the day I read about the life of the female octopus I just cannot get my head around the paradox of the soul of a man.

The greatest asset and advantage above all things that God created and unfortunately....the greatest weapon fashioned against his humanity.

We live, we are created to prosper our species. To ensure it survives, multiples and thrives forever. But we by ourselves are the greatest threat to this ideal.

For the little act of kindness you can do for a person you have no affiliation or responsibility towards, to virtually laying down everything without recourse. Man is far, far down the qualitative index. Such a pity.

EnglishUsa:
If you give out those things you will in more trouble. Poor people don't need help, get it right

Says a man who was once helped by people to get to where he is today. How myopic. You'r first bath when you were born was done by someone else, baby steps you took, someone held your hands, to learn ABC someone thaught you. while in school, people probably helped you.

You have forgotten how much you have enjoyed helped. now poor people don't need help according to you.

stulp14:
salaam alaikum waramotullah, please I need your assistance, I'm in a situation, please I need your help, please assist me with anything you can. jazakhumllahu akhiran. my account numba is 703 072 1680 opay, thanks, jazakhumllahu akhiran

Sharp Guy 😅 OP share to this guy. Don't refuse to share o. Practice what you preach.

The so-called stingy have their ways of helping the poor and the needy.

The real poor and the needy do not call anyone stingy. It is the lazy ones who think they are smart and are always taking advantage of others that label people stingy.

The effort they invest in begging, manipulating, and coming up with all sorts of scams could be used in productive ventures but they do not have such patience and integrity to build something sustainable.

Ehn he made the money he's being stingy with for a reason, you can also make yours, being stingy is bad but being entitled to someone's sweat is wild, he no tie your feet and hands, get yours and be stingy too.

things like this always makes me wanna convert to Muslim

Lukgaf:
Have you ever wondered who will eventually eat the food in your house, spend the money in your account, or inherit the wealth you worked so hard to accumulate?

Many homes today have freezers filled with food, wardrobes filled with clothes, and bank accounts with enough to ease someone's hardship. Yet, just a few streets away, families go to bed hungry. An orphan is waiting for help. A widow is struggling to survive. A student has abandoned school because of a small amount of money. We often say, "I'm saving for the future". But whose future are we really saving for?

Allah says:

"Whatever good you send ahead for yourselves, you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward." (Qur'an 73:20)

The Prophet ﷺ also said:

"The son of Adam says, 'My wealth! My wealth!' But what truly belongs to you is only what you have eaten and consumed, what you have worn and worn out, or what you have given in charity and thus sent ahead."

How true these words are! The wealth we guard so jealously will one day belong to someone else. Our children may inherit it. Relatives may divide it. Strangers may buy it. Some may even squander it. But the charity we gave sincerely for Allah's sake is the only part that will remain ours forever.

What will become of the food that spoils in our refrigerators while our neighbours sleep hungry? What excuse will we have if Allah asks why we ignored the cries of those He placed within our reach?

This does not mean we should neglect our families or spend recklessly. Islam teaches balance. But it also warns against allowing love of wealth to harden our hearts. A believer understands that wealth is a trust, not a trophy.

Before today ends, ask yourself: Who can I feed? Who can I support? Which burden can I help lift? Even a small act of generosity can become a mountain of reward with Allah.

Remember, when we die, our money will remain behind. Our houses will remain. Our cars will remain. Our businesses will remain. Only the good we sent ahead will accompany us to the grave.

May Allah purify our hearts from stinginess, make us among the generous, bless us with wealth that benefits us in this world and the Hereafter, and accept every act of charity we offer sincerely for His sake. Āmīn.

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Shikena:
The so-called stingy have their ways of helping the poor and the needy.

The real poor and the needy do not call anyone stingy. It is the lazy ones who think they are smart and always taking advantage of others that label people stingy.

The effort they invest in begging, manipulating, and coming up with all sorts of scams could be used in productive ventures but they do not have such patience and integrity to build something sustainable.

"STINGY" is the most common word used by a beggar. Why don't they get off their @++es and be productive for once?

Well write, stinginess is not good. But have we thought about what ordinary Nigerian see as stinginess? Yes, we're encouraged to give and we've all heard the more we give, the more we have. But then, our prophet (Mohammed sala lahu alehi wa salam) discouraged us from begging. As giving is encouraged, begging is discouraged. But Begging, is the most rampant among Nigerians today. It's like people forget that only God our creator is the free giver, that's why everyone should direct their beggings to Him alone. He makes giving easy for whoever He wants, may He make it easy for us. But once Nigerians see that someone is not begging around them, eventhough what he has is to carter for him and his family, they will turn all their needs to that person. Meanwhile, the best of giving starts within your family. To cut my story short, Nigerians should be encouraged to stop the habit of begging, look within themselves on how they can help themselves, lower their expectations from another human and learn how to direct their request to God the almighty.

NovusHomo:
STINGY is the most common word used by a beggar. Why don't they get off thrir @++es and be productive for once?

Guys/babes, be 'stingy' ooh 😲.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise or emotionally blackmail you. My family has an acquaintance that lives a 1 bedroom apartment that she pays ₦1.3m pa.

When it gets time to pay she starts acting all nice, we helped her with 23% of the money and she was showering us with prayers (typical of Nigerians).

Two weeks ago she only reached out in a day or two to say hi. No hi, hello since the week started only to reach out yesterday that she needed 50k because she paid off her debts. Me that was just coming back from the hospital and was discussing with my brother. I told her I have none. She was shocked.

There is no money aunty. Don't stay in your house and be calculating how much I've spent out of my salary since we are just two days into the month.

Manage your funds and don't rely on people. Everyone has things going in with then too.

I think the problem is the whole idea of teach a man to fish. People abroad (or local) should buy their family rental property, set up businesses, and buy large commercial equipment. Random money given should be for closing gaps, medical care, school fees, and etc.

I also think it's possible to monitor how the money is being spent or if the person is actually putting work into the business. If they play, then that changes things.

It is not about stingines, but lack of social welfare systems.