The Quran says, “You cannot attain to righteousness until you spend out of what you love.” That means we cannot be good people unless we love Allah more than we love our things. Because when we love Allah more than our stuff, we use our things to help other people who may have less than us. Allah wants us to love and help our fellow human beings—that means our brothers, our sisters, our parents, relatives, friends, teachers, and even complete strangers! And when we give up something that means a lot to us to do that, we learn that the most important thing in the world is not to keep ourselves happy or have stuff. The most important thing is to help people and love goodness. The happiness and peace that fill your heart when you realize this, is the reward of Jannah, and will make you happier than stuff ever will. Remember, you don’t have to have a lot to do a lot. You don’t have to have money to help other people. If you have a cookie and you give half to your friend, that counts! If you give up your turn playing video games to go help someone or you tell them a joke to make them smile, that counts too!
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 15:15:20 +0000
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