Philanthropists are a dying race in these times. The institution of Zakaat and Sadaqah are not duly practised by the great majority of the Muslims, as a result, poverty and misery is rife everywhere. This can further be evidenced by the Ulama as to how much money they are receiving from the other parts of the Muslim world in the cause of Islam and Muslims. The great majority have adopted a centrifugal attitude towards life and have an uncanny craving to hoard money. Among them are those who dole out peanuts as Sadqah.
Wealth is like a poisonous snake and only a snake-charmer can handle it without being bitten.
The great majority of the people are like children who often get bitten by it not knowing the art of snake-charming. In the Aakhirah hoarded wealth will be heated in Hellfire and will be stuck on the entire body of the hoarder. The dangers of wealth are numerous. Islam sits lightly on the hearts of many contemporary Muslims because of the impact of desensitising and dehumanising Western educational and cultural influences which have eradicated the Taqwa of Muslims, enfeebled their Imaan and promoted atheism and materialism and greed and miserliness, immorality and lewdness and above all an aversion for Islamic Shariah causing them to adore nafsaani desires. Further, the negligence and carefree attitude of Muslim fussaaq at the helm of affairs in various parts of the world and their servility and adoration of the Western cult of liberalism and libertinism have added fuel to the fire.