In a Hadith found in Sunan Abu Dawud, number 2866, the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, advised that giving charity during one’s life time is 100 times better than giving it at the time of their death.
This is important to understand as many muslims incorrectly believe they can either hoard their wealth or spend it in ways pleasing to their own desires instead of in ways pleasing to Allah, the Exalted, and when they reach their death beds they will then donate large amounts of wealth. First of all, as warned in this Hadith a muslim will lose much reward behaving in this manner. This is because they have realized that they are departing from this world and their precious wealth has now become insignificant and useless to them as they cannot take it with them. Giving something useless to Allah, the Exalted, is not the characteristic of a true muslim in fact it contradicts true belief and piety. Chapter 3 Alee Imran, verse 92:
“Never will you attain the good [reward] until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love…”
A muslim should therefore be kind to themself and spend in ways which are pleasing to Allah, the Exalted, which includes spending on their own necessities and the necessities of their dependents without waste, excessiveness or extravagance. They should not wait for their last moment as this might come suddenly and spending at this time will not be so fruitful for them anyway.
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