Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali said: “The best charity is to teach the jahil or to awake the heedless one.”

● [Majmoo’ Rasa’il (v. 1, p. 187)]

In the Two Sahihs it is recorded that Mu’awiyah bin Abi Muzarrid narrated from Sa’id bin Yasar that

Abu Hurayrah (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) said:

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

There is no day when a person wakes up but two angels come down from heaven.

One of them says, “O Allah, compensate the one who gives (in charity),” and

the other one says, “O Allah, destroy the one who withholds.”

Muslim recorded from Abu Hurayrah (radiyAllahu ‘anhu) that the Prophet of Allah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

Wealth never decreases because of Sadaqah (charity).

Allah never increases a servant who gives in charity except in honor,

and whoever is humble for the sake of Allah, Allah will raise him in status.

According to a Hadith narrated by Abu Kathir from Abdullah bin ‘Amr, who attributed it to the Prophet of Allah (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam),

Beware of stinginess

for it destroyed the people who came before you.

It (the stinginess) commanded them to be miserly, so they were miserly;

and it commanded them to cut the ties of kinship, so they cut them;

and it commanded them to commit immoral actions, so they did so.

[Excerpt from Tafseer Ibn Kathir (rahimahullah), Surah Israa’, 17:29]

#sadaqah

These 4 bring provision (rizq):

1) Tahajjud
2) Abundant Istighfar before Fajr
3) Consistent charity
4) Dhikr in the morning & evening

These 4 prevent provision (rizq):

1) Sleeping in the morning
2) Few optional prayers
3) Laziness
4) Treachery

[Zad al-Ma'ad of Ibn al-Qayyim]

Sadaqah has a strange effect in averting calamity (hardships).

[Ibn al-Qayyim (rahimahillāh), Bidaya’ al-Fawaed, 2/243]

? FALSE PERCEPTIONS

#2 WE ARE HELPING THE POOR:

Always remember that supporting the weak and the needy is a major factor in increasing sustenance, as the Prophet ﷺ had said:
هل تنصرون وترزقون إلا بضعفائكم
❝You gain no victory or livelihood except through (the blessings and invocations of) the poor amongst you.❞
? [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (2896)]

We always think we are doing favors to the poor and the needy by providing for them or spending on them. So, the Prophet ﷺ mentioned their favors upon us, and that Allaah تعالى aids us and supports us because of their supplication. So, what you are receiving through the poor is more than what you are giving them.

If the affluents think that they are helping the poor with their money and status, then the poor are helping them with their supplication and humility to Allaah عز وجل. There might be some arrogance in the manners of those who are affluent, but as for the poor, their worship supplication is more humble and most sincere, and their conscience is pure.

After reading this statement of the Prophet ﷺ, we should be humble, and our hearts should be free from pride and arrogance, so that we do not look down on other Muslims.

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In another narration, the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ also said:
ابْغُونِي الضُّعَفَاءَ فَإِنَّمَا تُرْزَقُونَ وَتُنْصَرُونَ بِضُعَفَائِكُمْ
❝Bring me the weak, for you only receive provision and Divine support by virtue of your weak ones.❞
? [Sunan Abu Dawood (2594) and Sunan al-Nasaa’ee (3179) and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

We sometimes glance at a person and judge him by his outer appearance. For us, he might be someone weak and needy and we avoid his company, but with Allaah عز وجل, he might be enjoying a higher status than you and me. As the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝The poor will enter Jannah five hundred years before the rich.❞
? [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2353) and Sunan Ibn Maajah (4122) and graded as “Hasan-Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]

In this Hadeeth, the Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Bring❞, meaning: "call them for me", "bring them closer to me".

❝The weak❞, meaning: the poor, and those whom the people do not care about because of their shabby condition and appearance.

The Prophet ﷺ requested for them so that he could get close to them, check on their condition, preserve their rights, and be kind to them in word and deed. And through them, Allaah عز وجل provides for us our sustenance and supports us against those who oppose us.

Indeed, these Ahaadeeth explain the virtue of the weak among the Muslims, and teaches us to be kind to them. Also, in this, there is a warning against being arrogant toward the poor and the weak.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَتَرْكَ الْمُنْكَرَاتِ وَحُبَّ الْمَسَاكِينِ وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ فِي النَّاسِ فِتْنَةً فَاقْبِضْنِي إِلَيْكَ غَيْرَ مَفْتُونٍ

O Allaah! I beseech You (to help me) to do good deeds, abandon evil deeds, and love the poor. And when you have willed Fitnah for your slave, then take me to You, without making me suffer from Fitnah (i.e., without being led astray)

ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said

Charity and charitable deeds (food, water, clothing, necessities) must be done as much as possible (in abundance)

for (doing) this has a wonderful effect in warding off (ongoing or impending) calamity,

and (it works in) warding off the evil eye or the envious eye (that which has already taken effect or the one that may take effect will be prevented).

[Bada’i al-Fawaid, 2/238-245]

*✅ Verification:* https://1path2peace.in/rationkits

Did you give Sadaqah Today?https://mydailycharitybox.com?Why Do I Give My Money?
It’s my hard-earned wealth ?*? Reason 1 | To Get More Rizq from Allah☪️ “Allah said: ‘Spend, O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.’"
? Bukhari, 5073; Muslim, 993*?https://mydailycharitybox.com? Reason 2 | To Get Du'as of Angels ✨*☪️ “There is no day on which the people get up but two angels come down and one of them says,
?‘O Allah, give in compensation to the one who spends (in charity),’
and the other says,
⚡️ ‘O Allah, destroy the one who withholds.’”
? Bukhari, 1374; Muslim, 1010 ?https://mydailycharitybox.com*? Reason 3 | To Get Greater Rewards ?*☪️* A man came to the Prophet and said: “O Messenger of Allah, which charity brings a greater reward?”

He said, “If you give in charity when you are healthy and miserly, fearing poverty and hoping for richness.

Do not delay until you are at the point of death and you say, ‘Give this to So and so, give this to So and so,’ …”
? Bukhari, 1330; Muslim, 1713✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
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