Superiority Complex Leads to Evil CONTENTS
English book, p. 347
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
LIGHTEN PEOPLE’S BURDEN Helping others ultimately benefits the helper. One who fulfils the needs of others gets God’s attention and God fulfils his need on a greater scale. A ccording to a tradition, the Prophet of Islam once observed: “One who wants God to save him from the torments of Doomsday must either be lenient with the borrower of money or should write off of the debt.” (Sahih Muslim 1563) When someone borrows money to meet some of his needs, but when the time for repayment comes and he has no money to pay off his debt, in such a situation, one who has given the money should give more time to the borrower and if he sees that the borrower’s circumstances are straitened, he should write off his debt. Such a course of action is greatly loved by God. In the Hereafter, God will deal leniently with one who is lenient with God’s servants in this world. This principle relates not only to the debt but to all

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