Surah Al-Munafiqun 63:10

The Importance of not being too concerned with the Matters of the Worldly Life, and being Charitable

Allah the Exalted orders His faithful servants to remember Him frequently and to refrain from being distracted from His remembrance by indulging in their properties and children excessively. Allah informs them that those who engage in this life, its delights and attributes and were busied from the obedience and remembrance of Allah, for which they were created, will be among the losers. They will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Allah encourages the believers to spend in His cause,

(And spend of that with which We have provided you before death comes to one of you, and he says: "My Lord! If only You would give me respite for a little while, then I should give Sadaqah from my wealth, and be among the righteous.) Surely, every person who fell into shortcomings will regret it by the time of his death and will ask for respite, even a short period, so that he does better and attains what he missed. No, rather what occurred, has occurred and what is coming, shall indeed come. Each will be held accountable for his mistakes. As for the disbelievers, they will be as Allah said about them,

(And warn mankind of the Day when the torment will come unto them; then the wrongdoers will say:"Our Lord! Respite us for a little while, we will answer Your call and follow the Messengers!" (It will be said): "Had you not sworn aforetime that you would not leave.") (14:44), and,

(Until, when death comes to one of them, he says: "My Lord! send me back. So that I may do good in that which I have left behind!" No! It is but a word that he speaks; and behind them is Barzakh (a barrier) until the Day when they will be resurrected.) (23:99-100) Then Allah said;

(And Allah grants respite to none when his appointed time comes. And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.) meaning, when the time of death comes, no one will be granted respite. Surely, HSe is the Most Knowledgeable and t an what they did before. Allah said,

(And Allah is All-Aware of what you do.) This is the end of the Tafsir of Surat Al-Munafiqun. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and all success and immunity from error come from Him.

Pada ayat ini, Allah menganjurkan agar orang-orang mukmin membelanjakan sebagian rezeki yang telah dikaruniakan kepadanya, sebagai tanda syukur atas nikmat-Nya. Hal itu bisa berupa menyantuni anak-anak yatim, orang-orang fakir miskin, dan sebagainya. Hal ini merupakan bekal untuk akhirat untuk dinikmati di hari kemudian. Janganlah kekayaan itu hanya ditumpuk untuk diwarisi oleh para ahli waris yang belum tentu akan memanfaatkannya dengan sebaik-baiknya serta mendatangkan kegembiraan, atau untuk disia-siakan yang akan mengakibatkan kekecewaan. Kekayaan yang ada pada seseorang, bagaimanapun banyaknya, hanya tiga macam yang menjadi miliknya, sebagaimana diriwayatkan bahwa Nabi saw bersabda:

Mutharrif bin Syu'bah meriwayatkan dari ayahnya berkata, "Aku mendatangi Nabi saw, sedangkan beliau sedang membaca ayat 'alhakumut-takatsur." Lalu Nabi saw bersabda, "(Ada seorang) manusia mengatakan 'hartaku-hartaku." Nabi saw bersabda lagi, "Wahai manusia, kamu tidaklah memiliki harta (yang kamu kumpulkan), melainkan apa yang kamu makan maka telah habis, apa yang kamu pakai maka telah lusuh, dan apa yang kamu sedekahkan maka telah berlalu." (Riwayat Muslim)

Membelanjakan harta benda untuk kemanfaataan dunia dan akhirat, janganlah ditunda-tunda sampai datang sakaratul maut. Dan jangan berandai-andai kalau-kalau umurnya masih bisa diperpanjang atau kematiannya masih bisa ditunda. Ia harus membelanjakan harta bendanya kepada yang diridai Allah, dan beramal baik sehingga ia dapat digolongkan bersama orang-orang yang saleh sebelum ajal tiba, karena apabila ajal telah sampai pada batasnya, tak dapat lagi diubah, dimajukan, atau ditangguhkan.