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The Sealed Nectar

 The Sealed Nectar by Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman

The Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) was unequalled in his generosity, liberality, open-handedness and leniency. His generosity was comprehensive and included all levels of giving, the highest of which is to offer one's life in the cause of Allah(Almighty). He gave himself in fighting against the enemies of Allah(Almighty) and he was closest to the enemy during battle; only the bravest soldiers would stand beside him.
He (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) offered his knowledge and would teach his companions of what Allah(Almighty) had taught him. He was keen to teach them everything good and would be gentle with them when teaching.

He (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) said, "Allah did not sent me to make difficulty or be difficult, but he sent me as a teacher, making things easy." (Muslim)
And he said, "I am to you in the position of a father, teaching you." (Ahmad and Abu Dawud – graded as hasan by al-Albani) When a questioner asked him something, he would often reply with additional information. Someone once asked him about the purity of sea water, and he (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) said, "Its water is pure and its creatures are permitted [to eat]." (Ahmad and others)
He (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) was also the most generous of people in giving his time and foregoing his comfort in order to take care of the needs and interests of others. Sufficient is the aforementioned example of the slave woman in Madinah who would grasp his hand and take him wherever she wanted in the city to show him what she needed. (Ibn Majah)

And Jabir ibn `Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them) reported: "Nothing was ever asked of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) that he refused." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Anas (may Allah be pleased with them) reported: "Nothing was ever asked of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) in exchange for acceptance of Islam but that he granted it. A man came to him and he gave him a valley full of sheep. So, he went back to his people and said, 'O people, accept Islam, for Muhammad (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) gives, not fearing poverty.' " (Muslim)
Anas (may Allah be pleased with them) added, "Even if the man entered Islam only for worldly gain, it would soon become more beloved to him than the world and all it contained."

The Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) gave Sufwan ibn Umayyah(may Allah be pleased with them) three hundred grazing animals after the battle of Hunayn. Sufwan(may Allah be pleased with them) later said, "By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) gave what he gave me while he was the most hated of people to me, and he kept on giving me until he was the most beloved of people to me." (Muslim)
Ibn `Abbas said(may Allah be pleased with them), "The Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) was the most generous of people with goodness. And he was most generous of all during the month of Ramadhan, when Jibreel (Peace be upon him) met him and reviewed with him the Qur'an. The Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) was swifter in good deeds than the wind." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Jubayr ibn Mut`im (may Allah be pleased with them) said, "While we were with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) along with some people returning from Hunayn, the Bedouins crowded around requesting from him until they pushed him to an acacia tree and snatched his cloak.

The Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) stood and said,
"Return my cloak to me, for by Allah, if I had livestock as many as these bushes I would have divided them among you. And you will not find me miserly or a liar or a coward." (Al-Bukhari)
Generosity was part of the Prophet's (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) character even before his prophethood. When the angel came down to him in the cave of Hiraa' and he returned to Khadijah shaken, she told him, "No, by Allah. Allah will never humiliate you, for you keep the ties of relationship, bear the burden of the weak, help the needy and assist those afflicted by calamity."
Anas (may Allah be pleased with them) reported, "The Prophet (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) never saved anything for tomorrow." (At-Tirmidhi – graded saheeh by al-Albani)
And Abu Sa`eed (may Allah be pleased with them) related, Some people from the Ansar asked the Messenger of Allah (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) for something, and he gave them what they asked. Then, they asked him again, and he gave them what they asked. Then, they asked him again, and he gave them what they asked - until finally, when what he had was finished,

he (Peace and blessings of Allah upon him) said, "Whatever I have I will never keep from you, but whoever refrains and seeks to be self-sufficient – Allah will make him self-sufficient, and whoever practices patience – Allah will give him patience. And no one has been given anything better for him and more ample than patience." (Ahmad and Muslim)

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