There is no day wherein the slaves reach the morning except that two angels descend. One of them says: O Allah, give the spender compensation; whereas the other one says: O Allah, give the withholder damage
Chapter: The one who spends and the one who withholds
Authentic
hadith of Sahih Muslim
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim)Sahih Muslim 1010
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"There is no day wherein the slaves reach the morning except that two angels descend. One of them says: O Allah, give the spender compensation; whereas the other one says: O Allah, give the withholder damage."
Reported by Muslim (No. 1010) and Al-Bukhari (No. 1442).
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that every day upon which the sun rises, two angels descend, calling out. One of them says:
O Allah, give compensation to the spender, who spends on acts of obedience, on his dependents and guests, and on voluntary acts, and grant him goodness and blessing in return for what he spends.
The other one says: O Allah, give the withholder damage and destroy the wealth that he withholds from those entitled to it.
Lessons
It is permissible to supplicate for the generous person to be granted compensation and to be rewarded with what is better than what he has spent. It is also permissible to supplicate against the miser to lose his money that he has withheld out of stinginess and has not spent in the ways Allah has prescribed.
The angles supplicate Allah to grant the righteous believers, who spend in His way, goodness and blessing and their supplication is answered.
Encouraging the act of spending, whether it is obligatory or voluntary, such as providing for one's family, maintaining kinship ties, and in other fields of goodness.
Clarifying the merit of the one who spends on charitable causes and that Allah will consequently compensate him, as Allah Almighty says: {Whatever you spend in charity, He will compensate for it, for He is the Best of Providers.} [Surat Saba’: 39]
This supplication is against the one who withholds the obligatory expenditures, but the recommended ones are not included because the one who withholds them does not deserve such a supplication.
Miserliness and stinginess are prohibited.
Explanation in Arabic
أَخْبَرَ النبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أنّه في كلِّ يوم تَطلُع الشمسُ فيه إلّا ومَلَكَان يَنزلان يُناديان، يقول أحدهما:
اللهم أعط منفقًا في الطاعات وعلى العيال والضِّيْفان والتطوُّعات خَلَفًا وعَوِّضْهُ خيرًا فيما أَنفق، وبارك له.
ويقول الآخر: اللهم أعط ممسكًا عنها تَلفًا وأَهْلِكْ مالَه الذي مَنعه عن مُسْتَحِقِّيْه.
جواز الدعاء للكريم بمزيد من العِوَض، وأن يَخلِف عليه خيرًا مما أَنفق، وجواز الدعاء على البخيل بتَلَف ماله الذي بَخِلَ به ومَنَعَ إنفاقَه فيما أوجب الله عليه.
الحضُّ على الإنفاق في الواجبات والتطوعات؛ كالنفقة على الأهل، وصلة الرحم، وأبواب الخير.
بيان فضل المُنفِق في وجوه الخير، وأنّ عاقبته أنّ الله يُخْلِفُ عليه، قال الله تعالى: ﴿وَمَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ﴾ [سبأ: 39].
هذا الدعاء على المُمسك عن النفقات الواجبة، وأما النفقات المستحبة فلا تدخل؛ لأن صاحبها لا يستحق هذا الدعاء.
