Will you bring this for me? | Alireza Panahian

Will you bring this for me?

“If you give charity, it is better for you if you know.” (Qur’an 2:280)

It’s to a person’s benefit to give charity. In a tradition, God calls a person who is wealthy and gives money to others a carrier! “It wasn’t yours. You are a carrier. Take it there!” So, who is the unfortunate carrier? Put it on his shoulders. He goes around, and around, and around, and doesn’t put it down till he dies.

A tradition says, “When you give your money to someone who is needy, you have actually told him, ‘I can’t take this to the Hereafter. They’ve told me I’ll be taken with empty hands, but you can bring it for me to the Hereafter. Will you bring it for me? Will you?’” Look at how religion says when you give money to others, you have put your load on their shoulders. And, they bring it for you to the Hereafter. “Will you bring this for me?”

A woman came to Hazrat Zahra (‘a) and asked several questions. She said, “Ok, thank you.” She paused. H. Zahra (‘a) realized she had more questions. Hazrat said, “If you have more questions, ask them.” She said, “No, I’m afraid I’ll bother you.” H. Zahra (‘a) said, “No, it’s to my benefit to answer your questions.” She didn’t talk affectionately. She said it was to her benefit.

She didn’t say, “No, you know we are full of self-sacrifice! I want to destroy myself! Ask me!” God says, “Collect yourself! Why do I want you to be destroyed?” You are in need of helping the needy. Some people act as if they are being very moral. Oh, a person gets irritated! “But no, we must pay attention to the deprived.” You are more deprived than anyone else! You are in need of helping the needy. You are more in need. A person says, “We must help the deprived!” Is this the way they act when they say this? How should I say it?

We shouldn’t make ourselves proud with an incorrect way of talking. We are beggars. We need God. We are in need of giving charity! We are in need of paying attention to the needs of others.

[From the series of speeches under the topic of, “What is sinning? How should we repent?”]