Sheikh Muqbil ibn Hādī Al-Wādi’ē raḥimahullāh wrote in his introduction to the first print:

“...There are two types of people who do not manage [wealth] properly: The first are those businessmen who do not take proper care to spend it in the legislated causes... 2. The second: People who use thievery to aquire Zakāh, and once they collect it although are not legitimate recipients, they utilise it for their own personal needs. And what is even uglier than this is what a student of knowledge may do. He wastes his time and disgraces the knowledge and the da’wah by going to Saudi, then on to Kuwait, and then Qatar, and on to Abu Dhabi? What's wrong with you O Fulaan? He will say, 'I have a debt,' or, 'I want to build a masjid with accommodation for the imām (while he is the imām), I want a car for the da’wah, and I want to get married.' Ah! Ah! Verily the pursuit of knowledge which leads to beggary has no goodness in it! ولو أن أهل العلم صانوه صانهم * ولو عظموه في النفوس لعظما ولكن أهانوه فهان ودنسوا * مُحيّاه بالأطماع حتى تجهما Had the people of knowledge preserved it (the knowledge), it would have preserved them, and had they revered it, it would have caused them to become revered; But they disgraced it, so they were disgraced, and they tainted its reputation through acts of greed, ending up lowly and debased. And I have never seen anyone more dedicated on employing thievery tactics to acquiring people's money than Ikhwaan Al-Muflisoon. They make the people believe that every cause they are raising money for is the very religion of Islam, and that if money is not raised for it, then disbelief will gain victory over Islam! This is the case with them, issue after issue; every time one issue ends (and the people find that it has had no effect in helping the Religion, instead it may have even disgraced the Religion), they occupy the people with yet another one... And lastly, I advise those who are out of breath from their efforts to raise money: Allaah has already instructed the one who is not able to get married about what he is to do: “And let those who are not able to marry remain chaste until Allaah enriches them from His Bounty.” [Sūrah An-Nūr: 33] And in the two Ṣaḥīḥs (Bukhāri & Muslim), on the authority of Ibn Mas’ūd raḍhiyallāhu ’anhu, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “O assembly of young men! Whoever of you is able to marry, then let him get married, as that is better in terms of lowering your gazes and protecting your chastity. And whoever is not able should fast, as that is a kind of restraint (that keeps him from going after his desires).” Just as I also advise the wealthy to assist him without him having to ask, so that he can dedicate himself fully to knowledge and teaching. And the one who has debts: I advise him to work so that Allāh takes care of his debts. And similarly, for the sake of building a masjid, it is not permissible for someone to disgrace himself. It is not allowed to disgrace knowledge and the da’wah for the sake of building a masjid. When the Messenger ﷺ wanted to build a masjid, he said: “Give me a price for your property, O Banee an-Najjaar!” Meaning: so that a masjid can be built on it. They replied, “Rather, it is for Allāh and His Messenger.” It is possible to build a masjid with clay and bricks for about 100,000 Yemeni Riyāls (i.e. You don't need millions). And the time you waste begging could be spent constructing the masjid, working in it, and inviting the people to work with their own hands. We are not in need of wealth that disgraces knowledge and the call to Allaah, or wealth that calls to Ḥizbiyyah or turns the masjids into places of begging! And O Allāh! How many great callers to Islām have you seen memorise the Āyāt that encourage charity, going from masjid to masjid, (calling out): “And whatever good (wealth) you put forth for your own selves, then you will find it with Allāh, better and more greatly rewarded.” [Al-Baqarah: 110] The poor individual has gone from being a caller to a beggar! And the Messenger ﷺ spoke the truth when he said: