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between you two answers.” For Abu Bakr, the veracious, had borne himself out
completely, keeping nothing back for himself but the Beloved, i.e. Allah and His
Messenger, praise and peace be upon him..
Secondly, at a lower level are those who hold on to their goods, waiting for
occasions of need seasons of charity. Their object in saving up is to supply their
own needs, without extravagance, and devote what is left over to charitable
purposes as the occasion may arise. Such people do not confine their giving to
the prescribed of the obligatory charity. One group of the Successors (the
generation following the Companions) maintained the view that wealth is subject
to other dues apart from the Zakat. When al-Sha‟bi was asked if this was the
case, he replied: “Yes, have you not heard the words of Allah:
“Righteousness is not whether you face towards the east or the west. But
righteousness is to believe in Allah and the Last Day, in the angels and the Book,
and the Prophets, and to give wealth however cherished, to kinsmen, to the
orphans, to the needy, to the destitute traveler, and to the beggars, and to
completely, keeping nothing back for himself but the Beloved, i.e. Allah and His
Messenger, praise and peace be upon him..
Secondly, at a lower level are those who hold on to their goods, waiting for
occasions of need seasons of charity. Their object in saving up is to supply their
own needs, without extravagance, and devote what is left over to charitable
purposes as the occasion may arise. Such people do not confine their giving to
the prescribed of the obligatory charity. One group of the Successors (the
generation following the Companions) maintained the view that wealth is subject
to other dues apart from the Zakat. When al-Sha‟bi was asked if this was the
case, he replied: “Yes, have you not heard the words of Allah:
“Righteousness is not whether you face towards the east or the west. But
righteousness is to believe in Allah and the Last Day, in the angels and the Book,
and the Prophets, and to give wealth however cherished, to kinsmen, to the
orphans, to the needy, to the destitute traveler, and to the beggars, and to