TYPES OF MISERLINESS

Miserliness is a general category within which are various types – some are major sins, and some are not major sins. Allah said:

[Let not those who were miserly with what Allah gave them of His bounty imagine that it is good for them, rather it is very bad for them. They will be emburdened with all that they were miserly with on the day of Qiyama.] Qur’an 3/180

[Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and be gracious towards your two parents … Verily Allah loves not every proud and arrogant one, those who are miserly, and enjoin miserliness on others.] Qur’an 4/36-37

[And nothing prevented their (i.e. the hypocrites) expenditures from being accepted except for the fact that they have rejected faith in Allah and in His Prophet. They attend the prayer only with laziness, and they spend of their wealth only reluctantly and with dislike.] Qur’an 9/54

[And, when He gave them of His bounty, they were miserly with it. They turned away, rejecting. And so, Allah decreed for them after that hypocrisy in their hearts until the day when they will meet Him.] Qur’an 9/76-77

[Whoever is miserly, denies only himself] Qur’an 47/38

[And so woe unto those who pray * But are unmindful of their prayers * Those who only strive (in their prayers) to be seen by people, and who withhold even minor acts of generosity.] Qur’an 107

[As for those who build up wealth of gold and silver, and do not spend of it in the path of Allah, warn them of a painful punishment. On the day when it (i.e. the gold and silver) will be heated up on the fires of hell, and it will be used to brand their foreheads and their sides and their backs, (it will be said to them:) This is what you hoarded away for your selves, so taste that which you used to hoard.] Qur’an 9/34-35

There are very many verses in the Qur’an which enjoin giving and spending and generosity, and criticize whoever neglects them, and all of that is a criticism of miserliness.