الفصل العاشر: الزَّكاةُ والصَّدَقَـة

Chapter 10: The Zakat and the Charity

176. Protect your money by paying its Zakat; cure your patients by giving charity; and meet the waves of tragedies with prayer and supplication. (Abu Daud)

177. The charity for the poor one is one deed, while the charity for a close relative has two rewards: charity, and fostering good relations. (At-Tirmithi)

178. Whenever a group of people ban the Zakat, Allah will send upon them famine. (At-Tabaraani)

179. Whosoever does not pay the Zakat of his money, his money will take the shape of a poisonous hornless serpent that will besiege his neck in the hereafter. Then the Prophet read the following verse: “And let not those deem, who are niggardly in giving away that which Allah has granted them out of His grace, that it is good for them; nay, it is worse for them; they shall have that whereof they were niggardly made to cleave to their necks on the resurrection day; and Allah's is the heritage of the heavens and the earth; and Allah is aware of what you do.” [Al-Imran/180] (At-Tirmithi)

180. It was narrated that a man said to the Prophet, “Tell me a deed that will make me enter Jannah (the Paradise).” The Prophet said, “Worship Allah only and no other with him, establish Salah (prayer), pay Zakat, and do well to your relatives.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

181. The evil leaves the money of the one who pays Zakat. (At-Tabaraani)

182. He who collects the charity for Allah’s sake is like the one who fights for Allah’s sake until he comes back to his family. (Ahmad)

183. The charity never reduces the money; whenever a man gives a charity, Allah accepts it before it reaches the poor’s hands. And if a man begs continuously although he is not in need, Allah will open doors of poverty for him. (At-Tabaraani)

184. Every one is sheltered by his/her charity (on the Day of Judgment) until (Allah) judges among people. (Ahmad)

185. Anyone ever who gives any charity, he would break seventy jaws of the devils. (Ahmad)

186. The superior hand (that gives money) is better than the inferior hand (that takes money); start (giving charities) to people you look after. The best charity is from the rich; and he who shows chastity (does not accept illegal living), Allah makes him chaste; and he who shows sufficiency (when he is in need of money), Allah makes him rich. (Al-Bukhari)

187. He who asks for money has a right even if he comes riding a horse. (Abu Daud)

188. Two characteristics never meet in a believer: bad manners and stinginess. (At-Tirmithi)

189. He who receives a gift from his brother without wishing or asking, should accept, and not refuse it, because it is a benefit that is driven from Allah to him. (Ahmad)

190. He who asks for a charity when he is not poor is verily eating hot coal. (Ahmad)

191. Truly, the richness is the richness of the heart, and the poverty is the poverty of the heart. (Ibn Habban)

192. He who relieves his debtor will be under the shade of the Throne on the Day of Resurrection. (Al-Bughwi)

193. Verily, the charity cools off Allah’s anger, and pushes away the bad ending. (At-Tirmithi)

194. Every day, when people wake up, two Angels descend; one says, “Oh Allah, replace the money of the one who gives for Your sake”; and the other says, “Oh Allah, ruin the money of the one who does not give for Your sake.” (Agreed on)

195. Verily, charity extinguishes the heat of the graves, and the Muslim seeks shelter in his charity in the Day of Judgment. (At-Tabaraani)

196. The best dinar is the one you spend for the sake of Allah, the one you spend to set free someone, the one you give to a poor man, and the one you spend on your family; and the best rewarded (from Allah) is the one you spend on your family. (Muslim)

197. Hasten in the giving of alms because tragedies can not overcome it. (At-Tabaraani)

198. The Prophet said to Mu’az Ibn Jabal, “Would you like me to guide you to the doors of goodness?” He [Ibn Jabal] said, “Yes, Oh Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet said, “Fasting is a protection, and the charity extinguishes the sins just as the water extinguishes the fire.” (At-Tabaraani and others)

199. “Oh Messenger of Allah, which charity is the best?” He said, “The charity of the one who has little money; and start with the people you are responsible for.” (Abu Daud)

200. The best of deeds is when you cause happiness to a believer, either by clothing him, feeding him, or doing him a service. (At-Tabaraani)

201. Any Muslim who clothes other Muslims in need of clothing, Allah will clothe him from the green of Paradise. The Muslim who feeds another Muslim in need of food, Allah will feed him from the fruits of Paradise. The Muslim who gives water to another Muslim in need of water, Allah will give him a drink from the Sealed Nectar. (Ahmad and Abu Daud and At-Tirmithi)

202. The Prophet was asked, “What is the best deed in Islam?” He answered, “To feed others and to offer Salam to the ones you know and the ones you don’t know.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

203. Sa’d Ibn Ubadah said to the Prophet, “Oh Messenger of Allah, my mother has died, which charity is the best (to do in this case)?” He said, “Water.” Then, Sa’d dug a well and said, “This is for Sa’d’s mother.”

204. Whenever a Muslim plants a crop and birds or humans eat from it, his action is considered as a charity. (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

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