May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on him and forgive us without accountability for his sake!
A person knocked the door of his friend’s house. The friend asked, ‘What is the purpose of your arrival?’ He said, ‘I have a debt of 400 dirhams.’ His friend gave him 400 dirhams and returned while weeping. His wife said, ‘If giving dirhams had made you upset, then you should not have given it.’ The husband said, ‘I am crying as his situation did not disclose to me before he revealed it himself and he had to knock my door helplessly.’
(Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 3, pp. 311)
Dear Islamic
brothers! To fulfil the needs of a friend when he asks us for help is not excellence of giving in the path of
Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. Excellence is that we keep an eye on our
friend’s financial problems and help him before he comes to us and feels embarrassed
to reveal his condition.
Hamayn Apnay fazl-o-karam say Tu ker day
Sakhawat ki na’mat ‘ata Ya Ilahi
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد