Fazial Sadqat (Story No.6)

Fazial Sadqat (Story No.6).

A man once visited Abdullah Bin jafar Radhiallaho anho and recited tow couplets, which meant:

When you do a favor or behave generously, see that you are doing so to those who deserve your bounty;

For, only then a favor is worth its name;

Do not favor a man who deserves it not;

And ,when you do favor to someone, seek thereby the pleasure of ALLAH alone;

(For; then ,you can do favors to the non-Muslims and the animals alike ,without giving thought to whether they deserve it or not;)

Or, let your favors be showered upon your kinsmen

(For, their kinship with you makes them worthy of your bounties)

Without their being deserving or not;

Except for these tow considerations, do not let your bounty be wasted upon the non-deserving.

The remarks wer directed to Abdullah bin jafar Radhiallaho anho himself, who was famous for his generosity, which was at once general and all-embracing. Hearing this, Abdullah bin jafar Radhiallaho anho said, Such poetry makes one stingy and mean money matters; I would rather shower my favors, like rain, upon all and sundry .if my bounty benefits the noble and the deserving, well and good, for they are worthy of it; if it reaches those who do not deserve it, I shall blame myself for possessing money which is fit only to pass into non –deserving and ungrateful hand .(Ihyaa).The words were spoken by Abdullah Radhiallaho anho in sheer humility; he modestly thought that his property was worthless, which was fit only for the non-deserving people.