{"id":14723,"date":"2020-02-10T15:24:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T13:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=14723"},"modified":"2020-02-10T15:24:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T13:24:13","slug":"assisting-the-ummah-at-the-time-of-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=14723","title":{"rendered":"Assisting the Ummah at the Time of Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ethical-finance-tree-pounds-RGB1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-14725\" src=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ethical-finance-tree-pounds-RGB1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ethical-finance-tree-pounds-RGB1.png 258w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ethical-finance-tree-pounds-RGB1-190x127.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a> Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi \u2018alaih) once mentioned:<\/p>\n<p>The Deen of Islam places great emphasis on assisting those in need and those undergoing difficulties. However, it is unfortunate that in today\u2019s times, many people are totally unconcerned about assisting those in difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>Some people are so miserly and self-centred that they make every arrangement for their own comfort \u2013 shoes, food, clothing, etc. \u2013 yet they have no worry or concern for whether others are dying or undergoing distress.<\/p>\n<p>Some people argue and say, \u201cHow many people must we help? There are thousands of people in need and difficulty!\u201d The answer to such people is, \u201cVery well, you are right in saying that there are thousands of people in need and difficulty. However, if you are unable to assist all, it does not mean that you should not assist the few people you are able to assist! At least assist ten people among them!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi \u2018alaih) then mentioned, \u201cGenerally, these types of excuses are made by people who do not wish to do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Malfoozaat Hakeemul Ummat 23\/163-164)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (rahmatullahi \u2018alaih) once mentioned: The Deen of Islam places great emphasis on assisting those in need and those undergoing difficulties. However, it is unfortunate that in today\u2019s times, many people are totally unconcerned about assisting those in difficulty. Some people are so miserly and self-centred that they make every arrangement &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[340,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-hadhrat-thaanwi-rahmatullahi-alaihii","category-malfoozaat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14728,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14723\/revisions\/14728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}