Hasten to Do Good

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allah be on him) said:

"Hasten to do good before you are overtaken by one of seven misfortunes: perplexing adversity, corrupting prosperity, disabling disease, babbling dotage, sudden death, the worst apprehended Anti-Christ, the Hour, and the Hour will be most grievous and most bitter" (Tirmidhi)

It was perhaps three years ago that I came across an account of a companion (may Allah be pleased be with him) of the Promised Messiah (may peace be on him) that he paid his Chanda Tahrik Jadid at the beginning of the year. In the spirit of following the righteous, I decided to adopt the noble practice of this companion of the Promised Messiah.

For the last few years I pay off my Chanda Ansar, Tahrik Jadid, Waqf Jadid as well as Chanda Wasiyyat for my entire family in January of each year. The only balance I have for the rest of the year is my own Chanda Wasiyyat which I pay monthly.

Allah has blessed me abundantly without any efforts of my own. My Jama'at's Secretary Finance tells me that financially I am one of the most blessed members of my Jama’at, based on my Chanda, but this is by the sheer Grace of Almighty Allah that He has enabled me to do this. Alhamdulillah.