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In order for one to excel and reach a certain level where Allah is pleased, one should meet specific requirements and avoid certain behaviours. An example of behaviours we should avoid is stinginess. Being stingy often results in very negative effects; it causes stress, depression, and low self-esteem. Recent studies have confirmed that individuals who are stingy have higher levels of the stress hormone, cortisol. This is because their mind is constantly focused on one aspect; this in return leads to depression. Being generous has been linked to the release of oxytocin, a hormone which induces feelings of warmth, euphoria and connection to others. This chemical reaction, when constantly repeated, improves well-being and life satisfaction and is also linked with decreased depression.
In the Quran being stingy is greatly condemned. In the Holy Quran Allah says “Those who are niggardly and bid people to be niggardly and hide what Allah has given them out of His grace; and We have prepared for the unbelievers a disgraceful chastisement.” The Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) says” An ignorant but generous person is more beloved to Allah than one, who is devout but greedy.” Being stingy is often affiliated with worldly love, refraining from spending on one’s family, or not giving to the needy is not something to be taken lightly. This specific behaviour prevents a person from achieving their full potential. The holy Prophet (PBUH) has said: “No miser shall enter Paradise. “ This vividly describes the immense effect and magnitude of being stingy. This is because it prevents this individual from exceling in anything; they keep their family in poverty, detest guests from coming to their house, abstain from visiting others in order that none visit them, withhold themselves from associating with generous people and feel uneasy about other people’s generosity. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) always sought refuge in God from this behaviour.
Once, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) was engaged in circling the Ka’bah seven times when he witnessed a man holding the curtain of the Ka’bah and imploring: O’ God! By the sanctity of this House, forgive me!
Approaching him, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.)asked him about his sin.
The man replied, “My sin is too enormous for me to describe to you.”
“Woe be unto you! Is your sin greater or the earth?” asked the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.).
“My sin.”
“Is your sin greater or the mountains?”
“My sin.”
“Is your sin greater or the Throne of God?”
“My sin.”
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) then asked, “Is your sin greater or God?”
To this the man replied, “God is the Greatest, Loftiest and the Most Glorious.”
The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) exclaimed, “Woe be unto you! Inform me of you sin”.
The man explained, “O’ Prophet of God! I am a wealthy person, but whenever a poor man approaches me for help, I feel as if a bolt of fire has approached me.”
On hearing this, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) warned:
“Stay away from me and do not burn me in your fire! By He, Who has sent me with Guidance and Honour, if you were to offer prayers between al-Rukn and al-Maqaam (around the Ka’bah) for two thousand years and weep in such a measure that your tears flow as rivers and quench the trees, and after all this, if you were to die while still possessing the vice of stinginess, God would hurl you into Hell. Woe be unto you! But do you not know that Allah has said: And whoever is niggardly is niggardly against his own soul and He has also said: And whoever is preserved from the niggardliness of his soul, is among the successful ones.”
This story clearly embodies the harsh reality of the effects of stinginess. One who is stingy does not only lose in this world but also in the hereafter. Allah is all giving and the most generous, he has given us humans more than what we deserve the least we can do is pay it forward and help others as well.
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