Charity

♣  Allah's Apostle Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam said, "If one give in charity what equals one date-fruit from the honestly earned money and Allah accepts only the honestly earned money - Allah takes it in His right (hand) and then enlarges its reward for that person (who has given it), as anyone of you brings up his baby horse, so much s that it becomes as big as a mountain.

Narrated by Abu Huraira (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Book - Sa​hih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 491

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♣  ​The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam said:

​"Save yourself from Hell-fire even by giving half a date-fruit in charity."

Narrated by Adi bin Hatim (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Book - Sa​hih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 498​

♣  A man came to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam and asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Which charity is the most superior in reward?" He replied, "The charity which you practice while you are healthy, niggardly and afraid of poverty and wish to become wealthy. Do not delay it to the time of approaching death and then say, 'Give so much to such and such, and so much to such and such.' And it has already belonged to such and such (as it is too late)."

Narrated by Abu Huraira (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Book - (1) Sa​hih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 500

(2) Sahih Muslim - Book 13, Number 2429​

♣  Allah's Apostle Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam said, "A man said that he would give something in charity. He went out with his object of charity and unknowingly gave it to a thief. Next morning the people said that he had given his object of charity to a thief. (On hearing that) he said, "O Allah! All the praises are for you. I will give alms again." And so he again went out with his alms and (unknowingly) gave it to an adulteress. Next morning the people said that he had given his alms to an adulteress last night. The man said, "O Allah! All the praises are for you. (I gave my alms) to an adulteress. I will give alms again." So he went out with his alms again and (unknowingly) gave it to a rich person. (The people) next morning said that he had given his alms to a wealthy person. He said, "O Allah! All the praises are for you. (I had given alms) to a thief, to an adulteress and to a wealthy man." Then someone came and said to him, "The alms which you gave to the thief, might make him abstain from stealing, and that given to the adulteress might make her abstain from illegal sexual intercourse (adultery), and that given to the wealthy man might make him take a lesson from it and spend his wealth which Allah has given him, in Allah's cause."

Narrated by Abu Huraira (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Book - (1) Sahih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 502

(2) Sahih Muslim - Book 13, Number 2409

♣  The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam said, "Seven people will be shaded by Allah under His shade on the day when there will be no shade except His. They are: (1) a just ruler; (2) a young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, (i.e. worship Allah (Alone) sincerely from his childhood), (3) a man whose heart is attached to the mosque (who offers the five compulsory congregational prayers in the mosque); (4) two persons who love each other only for Allah's sake and they meet and part in Allah's cause only; (5) a man who refuses the call of a charming woman of noble birth for an illegal sexual intercourse with her and says: I am afraid of Allah; (6) a person who practices charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand has given (i.e. nobody knows how much he has given in charity). (7) a person who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes get flooded with tears."

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Narrated by Abu Huraira (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Book - (1) Sahih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 504​​​

(2) Sahih Muslim - Book 13, Number 2427​

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♣  I heard the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam saying, "(O people!) Give in charity (for Allah's cause) because a time will come when a person will carry his object of charity from place to place (and he will not find any person to take it) and any person whom he shall request to take it, I will reply, 'If you had brought it yesterday I would have taken it, but today I am not in need of it."

Narrated by Haritha bin Wahab Al-Khuza`i (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Book - Sahih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 505

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♣  Allah's Apostle Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam said, "When a woman gives in charity some of the foodstuff (which she has in her house) without spoiling it, she will receive the reward for what she has spent, and her husband will receive the reward because of his earning, and the storekeeper will also have a reward similar to it. The reward of one will not decrease the reward of the others .

Narrated by Aisha (RadhiAllahu Anha)​​

Book - (1) Sahih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 506​​​​

(2) Sahih Muslim - Book 13, Number 2413​

♣  The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam said, "The best charity is that which is practiced by a wealthy person. And start giving first to your dependents."

Narrated by Abu Huraira (RadhiAllahu Anhu)​​

Book - Sahih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 507

​​​​​​♣  The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam said, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand (i.e. he who gives in charity is better than him who takes it). One should start giving first to his dependents. And the best object of charity is that which is given by a wealthy person (from the money which is left after his expenses). And whoever abstains from asking others for some financial help, Allah will give him and save him from asking others, Allah will make him self-sufficient."

Narrated by: Hakim bin Hizam (RadhiAllahu Anhu)

Book - Sahih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 508​​

♣  The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihiwasallam said to me, "Do not withhold your money, (for if you did so) Allah would withhold His blessings from you."​​​

Narrated by: Asma (RadhiAllahu Anha)

Book - Sahih al Bukhari - Volume 2, Book 24, Number 513​​