Enriching the Motive of Our Action

There is another significant issue, which must be inculcated in this holy month of grace. When we ask Almighty Allah to 'enrich all the poor', we should do so because "we ourselves desire it". That is our untainted disposition yearns for it. At times someone does something and gets happy thereby due to the reward that awaits him. However, sometimes the act in itself is enjoyable for the person. Salat, for example, to those who are not humble before God is burdensome and difficult. The Holy Qur'an [2:45] says:

And take recourse in patience and prayer, and that is indeed hard except for the humble

But one who has cleaned his heart and loves to whisper to the only beloved says:

Stand O Bilal, and make us happy with prayer24

And says:

'The apple of my eye (qurratu 'ayni) is in prayer.25

There is a vast difference between those who tire themselves in anticipation of Divine reward and those who tire themselves because they highly enjoy praying to the only Beloved.
Therefore let us struggle to become extinct in the spirit of Allah,
and practically try to enrich the poor because we naturally enjoy the same; and because it is "our need" and "our concern". Let us remove the specks of "anticipation" of reward.

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24 Muhammadi al-Rayy Shahri, Mizan al-Hikma, new ed., v.1, p. 62.
25 'Allama Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, v.82, p.193