Giving for God’s sake
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Muslims should visit each other for God’s sake, as the companions of the messenger of God used to do. A visit requires: “And those who give each other for My sake.” It was narrated that when they were gathering together, they never leave without eating something, it can be dates, it can be fruit and it can be food or anything else. When they eat something together, God’s mercy comes to them because they are grateful to God for His grants.
The prophet said about them: “Whoever eats with people who are forgiven, God forgives him too.” They used to seek forgiveness not just the food or drink. Those people became brothers for God’s sake to get God’s grants and high degrees which He promised and to be among those He says about them:
43-67: “Close friends on that day will be foes, one to another, except the Righteous.”
To be good brothers, love should be in and for God’s sake, there should be sittings for God’s sake, there should be visits for God’s sake, and should fulfill what the prophet said:
“Gift each other so you love each other.” He said in another narration: “Visit each other so you love each other.”
There should be cordiality so lovers love each other, "Visit each other so you love each other." There should be giving also, because the people of Medina only won and successfully passed by their generosity, giving preference to their brothers over themselves and being saved from covetousness of their own souls. God says about them:
59-9: “But those who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the Faith,”
What are their descriptions?
“(they) Show their affection to such as came to them for refuge, and entertain no desires in their hearts for things given to the (latter), but give them preference over themselves, even though poverty was their (own lot),”
Then God decreed they are successful, He says about them:
“And those saved from the covetousness of their own souls,- they are the ones that achieve prosperity.”
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1- [1] It was narrated after Abu-Hurayrah in Sunan Al-Bayhaky Al-Kubra.
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