Zakat Purifies Us From Miserliness

Summary: 

1) Allah (s.w.t) says in surah At-Taubah, verse 103.

Which means: “Take, from their wealth, a form of charity (zakat) so that you may cleanse and purify them. And pray for them, because indeed, your prayers are a reassurance for them. And Allah is all-Hearing and all-Knowing.” 

2) One of the pillars of Islam is the pillar of zakat. So let us fulfill our obligation to pay zakat, whether zakat fitrah; as well as zakat on property, when the haul and nisab have been met. This is because this zakat helps to take care of the welfare of the Muslim community as a whole and it can cleanse and purify us from our most despicable traits, such as miserliness. 

3) In a hadith narrated by Imam At-Tirmizi, the Prophet (s.a.w) said: 

"The generous person is close to Allah, close to Heaven, close to humanity, and far from Hell. While the miser is far from Allah, far from Heaven, far from humanity, and close to Hell." 

4) A du'a that was practised and taught to us by our Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w):

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَقَهْرِ الرِّجَالِ

Which means: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sorrow and sadness, and I seek refuge in You from weakness and laziness, and I seek refuge in You from cowardice and miserliness, and I seek refuge in You from debt and coercion from others.”