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**Stasher11** · 04-12-2010, 10:29 PM

This is not something that happens miraculously. It is a misconception that some people are just inherently stingy and others are generous. Even if you want to be generous, everyone hears that little voice when you are giving, asking, "What if... [my house burns down/I lose my job/the car breaks down/etc].... and I need some saved money?"
So it is evident it is a matter of training. Alhumdulillah, the Shariah establishes an ingenious training regimen that can train the human being to become generous if they follow it. And that is the difference between a society like that of Umar's Madinah and today's America. The human beings are the same, just they have not trained themselves properly.

When you say "training" does that mean it is obligatory? Some may say they are generous then because they are told to be, not because they feel conviction of the heart to do so. I agree we should all always be generous in our giving especially in prayer, but if we just do it because we are told, does that mean we really want to? Or because we are affriad of what happens if we don't?

Thank you in advance for your reply. God be with you.

04-12-2010, 10:29 PM	#15
Stasher11 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	This is not something that happens miraculously. It is a misconception that some people are just inherently stingy and others are generous. Even if you want to be generous, everyone hears that little voice when you are giving, asking, "What if... [my house burns down/I lose my job/the car breaks down/etc].... and I need some saved money?" So it is evident it is a matter of training. Alhumdulillah, the Shariah establishes an ingenious training regimen that can train the human being to become generous if they follow it. And that is the difference between a society like that of Umar's Madinah and today's America. The human beings are the same, just they have not trained themselves properly. When you say "training" does that mean it is obligatory? Some may say they are generous then because they are told to be, not because they feel conviction of the heart to do so. I agree we should all always be generous in our giving especially in prayer, but if we just do it because we are told, does that mean we really want to? Or because we are affriad of what happens if we don't? Thank you in advance for your reply. God be with you.
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