Taste of the gift

Mohammed Ibrahim Alhamd Fadail Alhadi: love and affection and others and in Al-Bukhari in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad "give gifts to love each other" and as in the verse of Balqis in Surah An-Naml. ○ manifestations of taste in giving gifts: covering it and keeping it secret and hastening it and diminishing it; this is the origin, and taste may require the opposite completely depending on the one gifted, and good choice, and caution from despising it from both sides, and that it does not lead to harm to anyone, and considering the time of giving, and its place, and considering the condition of the one gifted, and not breaking the habit in whom you are accustomed to giving, and considering the condition of delivering it, and accompanying it with meanings of friendliness and kindness, and variety in the gift especially if presented to a dispersed group, and forgetting it and not reminding explicitly or implicitly, and presenting it upon return from travel, and giving to students, and not feeling bad if not gifted, and carrying heavy gifts, and caring for spiritual gifts, and good acceptance from whom it was gifted, and considering whether the recipient is appropriate to be informed about it or not, and leaving the recipient to compare gifts, and being gentle in requesting the gift, and involving those present in it, and the recipient remembering the gift and being cautious not to forget it. And what should not be overlooked: counting the reward of the gift and considering it as an act of devotion to Allah, the Most High. ○ scattered verses about the meanings of gifts Among the best gifts is good perfume, Al-Sanoubri said: good perfume is given and sought after, its jokes * and the noblest people give the best perfume. And another said: O judge whose soul longs for him * with the close time of meeting, I gifted perfume like his praise * as if I gifted his morals... The gift's value is not in its price but in its meaning. One of them said: If gifts were given according to their value * I would ask you for the world and what is in it, But I accepted this shoe believing * that gifts are according to their giver... Al-Tai when he gifted to Al-Hasan ibn Wahb a pen, said: We sent to you, may Allah honor you * with something, so be pleased, Do not measure it by the dew of your hand * nor by your abundant gain. Forgive my lack of gifts * for the effort of the little is not little... The giver spoils the friendship and takes it away. The poet said: I spoiled with thanks what I have given of goodness * the generous does not give with thanks. And Ibn Hazm said: Two situations in which what is good in one situation is ugly in another: blame and apology, for in them it is good to enumerate favors and mention kindness, and that is the utmost ugliness outside these two cases. And Al-Shafi’i said: The favor of men upon the heart * is more intense than the impact of spears. And Al-Baroudi said: I bore the fear of thanks for every calamity * and carried the calamities of time sweeter than thanks... All kind and beautiful words are from the realm of spiritual gifts. A man said to Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him: A man greets you with peace, so he said: a good gift and a light burden... The habits of noble and virtuous people and the manners of high-minded souls that have imbibed chivalry and know where noble deeds come from: accepting gifts whatever they are, and even praising and returning a beautiful reply. The poet said: By Allah, I will not cease to give you * praise that carries beautiful thanks, More delightful than solace and the sweetest scent * of musk, broken and the easiest to carry... Generosity is the character of noble people and the habit of virtuous ones. The poet said: Do not be stingy with worldly wealth while it is approaching * for it does not diminish by waste and extravagance, And if it turns away, then it is more deserving of generosity * so praise be to it if it departs behind. The noblest and most virtuous people, from their many gifts, it is true for the one gifted to embody the words of the poet: We do not know, for your excess in giving * whether we ask more or less. When winter comes, you are the sun * and when summer arrives, you are the shade. Guide us to good sayings and deeds; only You guide to the best of them, and turn away from their evil, You are capable.