09/07/2026
MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY
HOW DO WE GIVE
Islam,
Yesterday in Sunday School I learned something; which is always a good thing. So today I’d like to engage in a conversation about “giving” to others, and the manner in which we give, or the reasons we don’t give.
One day a brother asked if I could spare some money for food, I offered to buy the brothers food from a nearby franchise, but the brother wanted to get his own food, so I didn’t get him anything. My thoughts were all wrong, as to what he would do with that money.
What I learned was that moment could have been a test from Allah, and if so, I failed. It is never my place to judge what someone may or may not do with anything that is given to them, humility and sincerity in giving and uplifting humanity is all that matters.
It’s not for us to pick and choose who we give too; or look for reasons to not give, that’s a clear sign that our hearts aren’t in the right place. Do we ever stop to think how humbling one must be to ask or even receive a hand. I know that whenever I have to ask for help from others; it’s never an easy task; not everyone are cheerful givers, some even like to boast about how they’ve helped someone. So remembering my own imperfections is ALWAYS key.
Search your hearts and minds, make sure that it’s pure with love.
Let’s see what Prophet Noble Drew Ali says:
The heart of the grateful man is like the clouds of heaven which drop upon the earth fruits, her age, and flowers; but the heart of the ungrateful is like a desert of sand which swalloweth with greediness the showers that fall, and burieth them in its bosom, and produceth nothing.
Envy not thy benefactor, neither strive to conceal the benefit he hath conferred; for though to oblige is better than to be obliged, though the act of generosity commandeth admiration, yet humility toucheth the heart, and is amiable on the sight both of Allah and man.
But receive not a favor from the hand of the proud; to the selfish and avaricious have no obligation; the vanity of pride shall expose thee to shame; the greediness of avarice shall never be satisfied.
Pg. 41, Ch. ###III, Inst. 4-6
Sister T. Britt-Bey, T #71
The Holy Koran of the MSTA
