The Messenger of Allāh (Ṣallallāhu-'Alaihi Wa Sallam) said:

‎The (Final) Hour has approached and people have not increased with dunya (the world) except in greed (for it) and they have not increased with Allāh except in distance (from Him).

[Saheeh aj-Jami’ as-Sagheer, Saheeh al-Albani (rahimahullah), 1146]

Have you seen the one who turned away

And gave a little, then stopped (giving)?

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?

[Surah Najm, 33-35]

If you love that Allāh should keep you upon that which you love, then remain upon that which He loves

[al-Adab ash-shar’īyyah, 2/30, Ibn Muflih (Rahimahullah)]

‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) said:

I will not tire of my garment so long as it fits me,

and I will not tire of my wife so long as she treats me well,

and I will not tire of my ride so long as it continues to carry me.

Indeed, boredom is from the worst of al-akhlaq (ie: manners).

[al-Mizzi (rahimahullah), Tahdib al-Kamal fi Asmaa ar-Rijaal, 22/81]

"Spend, and do not keep count, lest Allah keep count against you."

This is a profoundly remarkable hadith about generosity and spending, especially in an age when every expense is carefully calculated.

Asma' bint Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her and her father) said:

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to me:
"Spend, and do not keep count, lest Allah keep count against you. Do not withhold, lest Allah withhold from you."
In another narration:
"Do not tie up (or tightly store) your wealth, lest Allah tie up His provision from you."
And in another narration:
"Give as much as you are able."

Agreed upon (recorded by both al-Bukhari and Muslim).

Explanation:

Do not keep calculating or counting what you spend, lest you begin to see it as too much and become reluctant to give. Do not burden yourself with tracking the exact amount of your spending, and do not count what you give in charity. Otherwise, Allah may measure what He gives you in return and withhold the blessing and growth in your wealth.

This hadith indicates that charity causes wealth to grow and is a means for bringing blessing (barakah) and increase into one's wealth. Conversely, hoarding money in containers and tightly fastening its opening with a cord—used here as a metaphor for excessive withholding and miserliness—is among the greatest causes of cutting off the flow of blessing.

[Dr. Abdulaziz al-Shayi' (hafidhahullah)]

(Al-Birr) Righteousness is not (just) that you turn your faces toward the east or the west,

but (true) righteousness is (the quality of)
• the one who believes in Allah,
• the Last Day,
• the Angels,
• the Book,
• the Prophets and

• gives his wealth, in spite of love for it to
- the kinsfolk,
- to the orphans,
- and to the poor
- and to the wayfarer,
- and to those who ask,
- and to set slaves free

• (and) performs as-Salat,
• and gives the Zakat,
• and who fulfill their covenant when they make it,
• and who are the patient ones in extreme poverty and ailment and at the time of fighting (during the battles).

Such are the people of the truth and they are Al-Muttaqun (the pious, those who fear Allah).

[Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:177]

He who fears Allah will be reminded.

[Surah Al-‘Ala, 87:10]

Muharib (rahimahullah) said:

We accompanied Qaasim Ibn ‘Abdir Rahmaan (rahimahullah) and he became superior over us with:

• long silence
• generosity
• and abundant (voluntary) prayer

[as-Samt, Ibn Abi ad-Dunya (rahimahullah) 618]

Hadith on Sadaqah and Spending from what Allah has given you

Abu Hurayrah (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

Allah said: “O son of Adam, spend!, and I will spend on you!”

[Sahih al-Bukhari, 5352]

Explanation:

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that Allah Almighty said: O son of Adam, spend - the obligatory spending and the recommended spending - and I will increase your sustenance and give you compensation for that and bless it for you (so that you can spend more). The more you spend in good, the more you are given to continue that cycle of goodness until you have more than what you spent because Allah’s compensation is greater, better, more superior and complete.

If one strives toward his Lord with honesty and sincerity Allah will appoint an angel (ملكاً) for him to guide him and to make things easy for him and show him good and guard him from the bad.

[Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (rahimahullah), Sharh Mishkat al-Masabih, 88]

Seek the Hereafter

Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:

‎Whoever keeps himself busy seeking Allah instead of himself, Allah will save him from himself.

‎[Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), al-Fawaa’id, pg. 174]

Never does the servant turn wholeheartedly to Allah except that Allah turns the hearts of the believers to him providing him their love.

[Harim Ibn Hayyān (Rahimahullah), reported by adh-Dhahabi (Rahimahullah) in Siyar a’lam an-Nubalaa’, 4/49]

Do you pursue the temporary amusements of this world, and then expect paradise in return? The same paradise that Bilal, 'Ammar and Sumayyah went to? (رضي الله عنهم اجمعين)

Imam Ibn al-Jawzi (‏رحمه الله) said:

If Allah decrees good for a person, He makes his heart disposed towards accepting sincere advice and guides a voice of admonition to echo in his mind during its period of leisure and inactivity…

However, if Allah turns away from a person, He throws him into an ocean of heedlessness, so that whenever he opens his eyes he only sees layers upon layers of darkness, one on top of the other.

[Kitab al-Lata’if Fil-Wa’iz, pg. 142].

When one wants to perform an action, he should struggle with himself (so that his) aim is not to perform it for the sake of the people.

[Imam Ahmad (rahimahullah), Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali (rahimahullah), Jami’ Uloom wal Hikam — Compendium of Knowledge and Wisdom, pg. 13]

Giving Charity on Fridays

● Ka'b al-Ahbar (rahimahullah) said:

The sun has neither risen nor set on a day greater than the day of Friday,

and charity given on it is greater than on other days.

[Sahih Musannaf of 'Abd Ar-Razzaq (rahimahullah), 5558]

● al-A‘mash narrated from Mujahid, from ‘Abdullah ibn Damrah,

from Ka‘b (rahimahumullah) who said:

Charity is multiplied on Friday.

[Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah, 2/57, no. 6, Maktabah Islamiyyah]

● Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:

Giving charity on Friday has a special merit compared to other days,

just as giving charity during the month of Ramadan has a higher merit compared to the rest of the year.

I witnessed Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullah)

when he would go out for Jumuaah,

he would take whatever he found at home—be it bread or anything else—and give it as charity in secret on his way.

I heard him say:

“If Allah commanded us to give charity before consulting with the Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) (58:12),

then giving charity before consulting with Allah is even more virtuous and deserving of merit.”

[Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah), Zaad al-Maad, 1/399]

● Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahullah) said:

If the one giving charity

knew

that his charity landed in the Hand of Allah,

before the hand of the poor person,

the pleasure of the giver would be greater than the pleasure of the receiver.

[Ibn ul-Qayyim (rahimahullah), paraphrased from al-Wabil al-Sayyib, al-Madarij as-Salikeen, 1/26]

Abu Huraira (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) reported Allah's Messenger (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) as saying:

No one gives sadaqah (charity) of a date out of his honest earning, except that Allah accepts it with His Right Hand, and then fosters it as one of you fosters the colt or a young she-camel, till it becomes like a mountain or even greater.

[Sahih Muslim, 1014b, Book 12, Hadith 80]

Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (radiyallahu ‘anhu) said:

“Charity (sadaqah) reaches (lit. falls into) the Hand of Allah before it falls into the hand of the one who asks for it.” (i.e., Allah Ta’ala accepts it), he (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) then recited the Verse:

{(Do they not know that Allah) accepts repentance from His servants and takes their charities”} — Surah Tawbah, 9:104

[Tafsir at-Tabari (rahimahullah); Jami’ul Bayan, Surah Tawbah, Verse: 104, vol. 11, pg. 666, see also: Majma az-Zawaid, vol. 3, pg. 111, Hadith: 4677]

Abu Hurairah (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) narrated that :

the Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

"Indeed Allah accepts charity, and He accepts it with His Right (Hand) to nurture it for one of you, just like one of you would nurture his foal, until the bite (of food) becomes as large as Uhud."

[Jami’ at-Tirmidhi 662, Chapter 28: What Has Been Related About the Virtue of Charity, Graded: Hasan Sahih]

Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (radiyAllahu ‘anhu):

"Indeed, charity* (sadaqah) reaches (lit. falls into) the Hand of Allah before it reaches the hand of the one who asks,"

then he recited:

{And He it is Who accepts repentance* from His servants} — ash-Shura: 25, the verse.

[al-Muj’am al-Kabir at-Tabarani (rahimahullah), 8571]

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A raqi writes: "Treat your patients (ailing ones) with charity. We have seen wonders in healing of patients through charity."

Ibn Baz (rahimahullah) said:

"Charity is among the greatest causes of healing, relieving distress, and warding off affliction."

I (Abdul Malik) have seen the impact of this hadith in the long life of my mother (may Allah have mercy on her),

her resilience in the face of illnesses that could have led to her demise.

Allah preserved her for us for many years, during which we were blessed with her company, until she passed away.

May Allah have mercy on her, and on our parents and your parents, all of them.

[Dr. Abdul Malik al-Qassem (hafidhahullah), from his official twitter account)]

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