Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (1/253)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

“Allah intends ease for you and does not intend hardship for you.” 1 And He Most High says: “Allah intends to make matters clear to you, guide you to the ways of those before you, and turn to you in mercy. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. Allah intends to turn to you in mercy, while those who follow their desires want you to deviate greatly. Allah intends to lighten your burdens, for the human being was created weak.” 2.

Moreover, Glorified is He, He did not create His servants because He needed them, nor to increase His numbers after having been few, nor to gain strength through them after weakness. Rather, it is as He says: “I created the jinn and mankind only to worship Me. I seek no provision from them, nor do I want them to feed Me. Indeed, Allah alone is the Provider, the Possessor of Power, the Mighty.” 3. And after commanding His servants to give charity and forbidding them from giving inferior property, Glorified is He says: “Do not choose the inferior among it to give away, when you yourselves would not accept it unless you overlooked its defects. And know that Allah is Self-Sufficient, Praiseworthy.” 4.

Glorified is He, He has no need whatsoever of what they spend, nor does any of it reach Him. He is Praiseworthy and deserving of every praise. His servants’ spending neither fulfills any need of His nor makes Him deserving of praise. Rather, He is Self-Sufficient in Himself and Praiseworthy in Himself, His names, and His attributes. The benefit of His servants’ spending returns to them, just as their good deeds return to their own benefit. Glorified is He says: “If you do good, you do good for yourselves; and if you do evil, it is against yourselves.” 5. And He says: “And whoever does righteousness—it is for themselves that they

(1) Surah al-Baqara, verse 185. (2) Surah al-Nisāʾ, verses 26–28. (3) Surah al-Dhāriyāt, verses 56–58. (4) Surah al-Baqara, verse 267. (5) Surah al-Isrāʾ, verse 7.

﴿يُرِيدُ اللهُ بِكُمُ اليُسْرَ وَلاَ يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ العُسْرَ﴾ ١، وقال تعالى: ﴿يُرِيدُ اللهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ سُنَنَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ وَيَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ وَاللهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ أَن تَمِيلُوا مَيْلاً عَظِيماً يُرِيدُ اللهُ أَن يُخَفِّفَ عَنكُمْ وَخُلِقَ الإِنسَانُ ضَعِيفاً﴾ ٢. ثم هو سبحانه لم يخلق عبادَه لحاجة منه إليهم، ولا ليتكثَّر بهم من قلّةٍ، ولا ليتعزَّز بهم من ذِلَّة، بل كما قال سبحانه: ﴿وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الجِنَّ وَالإِنسَ إِلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُونِ مَا أُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ مِن رِزْقٍ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَن يُطْعِمُونِ إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ الرَزَّاقُ ذُو القُوَّةِ المَتِينِ﴾ ٣، وقال سبحانه عقِب أمره لعباده بالصدقة ونهيهم عن إخراج الرديء من المال: ﴿وَلاَ تَيَمَّمُوا الخَبِيثَ مِنْهُ تُنفِقُونَ وَلَسْتُم بِآخِذِيهِ إِلاَّ أَن تُغْمِضُوا فِيهِ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللهَ غَنَيٌّ حَمِيدٌ﴾ ٤، فهو سبحانه غنيٌّ عما ينفقون أن ينالَه منه شيء، حميد مستحقٌّ المحامد كلّها، فإنفاق العباد لا يسدُّ منه حاجة ولا يوجب له حمداً، بل هو الغنيُّ بنفسه، الحميد بنفسه وأسمائه وصفاته، وإنفاقُ العباد نفعه عائدٌ لهم وإحسانهم عائدٌ إليهم، كما قال سبحانه: ﴿إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لأَنفُسِكُمْ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا﴾ ٥، وقال: ﴿وَمَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحاً فَلأَنفُسِهِمْ

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