This document discusses miserliness and its treatment. [1] Miserliness is refusing to give what is obligated by sacred law, such as zakat or supporting dependents, or virtuous acts like not nitpicking small expenses or making guests uncomfortable. [2] Its root is loving wealth for its own sake or desiring fleeting worldly pleasures. [3] To treat it, realize wealth requires long effort and death comes suddenly, and that misers are disdained and hated, even by other misers.

1. Purification of the Heart
03 – Miserliness

2. Previously in PotH…
Kitab Mathharotul Qulub nadhom-nadhom ber-bahr Rojaz
The heart of Beginnings : Adab
Adab to Allah
Haya & Dzull
Munkasiran Haya + Khudhu’
Mengkosongkan keinginan diri pribadi, meraih keinginan Allah
Mengkosongkan keinginan atas yang dimiliki makhluk
Menyegerakan panggilanNya
Berhati-hati dengan keburukan yang tidak disadari
Freedom of soul
Merealisasikan sifat hamba dianugerahi dari sifat Allah
The Purification Process
Pembersihan hati itu proses hingga akhir hayat
Bibit penyakit hati itu selalu ada, kadang pasif Fardhu ‘Ain
Tahap pertama proses ini : Adab kepada Allah
Tahap kedua : mengetahui penyakit-penyakit hati, asal & obatnya

3. Nadhom 016 – 025 (tentang Bakhil)
Now then: the refusal to give what is obliged according to Sacred Law or to
virtuous merit is the essence of miserliness, which is mentioned [among the
diseases of the heart].
As for the obligations of Sacred Law, they are such things as Zakat,
supporting one’s dependents, and rights due to others, and relieving the
distressed. Examples of [virtuous merit] include not nitpicking over trivialities
Avoiding this is even more important with respect to a neighbor, a relative,
or a wealthy person.

4. or when hosting guests; or concerning something in which such behavior is
inappropriate, such as purchasing a burial shroud or a sacrificial animal, or
purchasing something you intend to donate to the needy
Thus one who makes matters difficult for one whose rights clearly render
this inappropriate to do so, such as a neighbor, has indeed torn away the
veils of dignity. This is as the majestic and guiding sages have stated.

5. This is comparable to one who fulfills his obligations without good cheer or
who spends from the least of what he possesses.
Its root is love of this world for its own sake, or so that the self can acquire
some of its fleeting pleasures.

6. Nadhom bait 026 – 029 (obat bakhil)
Treat this by realizing that those who achieved [affluence] did so only by
exhausting themselves over long periods of time, thus finally accumulating
what they sought.
Meanwhile, just as they approach the heights of [earthly] splendor, death
suddenly assails them.
[Treat miserliness by also recognizing] the disdain shown to misers, and the
hatred people have for them—even [hatred] amongst [misers] themselves.
With this same treatment, treat the person whose heart’s ailment is love of
wealth.

7. Bakhil
Menolak memberi
Syari’ah zakat, nafkah keluarga
Muru’ah piutang, urusan sepele dipersulit,
tamu tidak nyaman, menawar kain kafan,
menawar barang sedekah/qurban
Akarnya :
cinta dunia karena bendanya itu sendiri
menginginkan kenikmatan dari dunia itu

8. Obat Bakhil
Sadarlah bahwa dunia itu dicapai dengan
peluh dan lelah
Dan di saat puncak-puncaknya, ajal datang
tak diundang
Sadarilah juga, betapa bakhil itu amat dibenci
Bahkan diantara sesama orang bakhil
Obat ini juga manjur untuk cinta kekayaan