In the times of Umar (Radiallahu Anhu) there was a severe famine. All
the people of Madinah were suffering due to the shortage of food. A
caravan made up of a thousand camels loaded with a large stock of food
grains belonging to Uthman (Radiallahu Anhu) arrived from Shaam (Syria).
Several merchants offered to buy all of it. He asked them what profit
they would pay. "Five per cent," they said. He answered that he could
get higher profit than that. They began to argue with him, saying that
they did not know of any merchant who would offer him more than their
quote. He said to them, "I know of one who repays a profit of more than
seven hundred to a dirham (Arabian currency)." He then recited the verse
of the Noble Quran in which Allah Ta'ala mentioned this profit. "The
likeness of those who spend their wealth in the Way of Allah, is as the
likeness of a grain (of corn); it grows seven ears, and each ear has a
hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He pleases. And
Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower." (2:261).
"O traders! Bear witness with me that I donate all this to the poor people of Madinah!" said Uthman (Radiallahu Anhu).
Source: Related by Shaikh Habibullah Mukhtaar in his book "Bringing Up Children in Islaam" in the chapter of Generosity.
Dear
readers, what ever we give for the sake of Allah is really ours and
whatever we keep with us will one day be someone else's. Let us follow
the footsteps of our Prophet and the pious Sahabah, with whom Allah was
pleased with, by helping the needy ones in this blessed month of Ramadan.
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