Charity
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Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) was asked, "Should we give Sadaqah to beggars or to our near relatives?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "Give it to your near relatives for it carries greater reward."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 188 link
It is narrated that a beggar came to Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) on Thursday night. Imam returned him empty-handed and told the people present there, "I had enough money to give him as Sadaqah but Sadaqah given on Friday carries multiple rewards."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 188/189 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.) said, "Giving Sadaqah secretly cools the anger of Allah."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 189 link
"A Sadaqah given openly keeps away seventy calamities and giving Sadaqah secretly cools Allah's anger."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 189 link
"Giving Sadaqah at night keeps away unpleasant death and seventy types of calamities."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 189 link
Charity to the needy is only alms-giving, but to the kinds is alms-giving as well as strengthening kinship ties.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 375; Page No. 58 link
Charity wards off hard deaths.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 376; Page No. 58 link
Chastity and faith are interrelated. Should one of them vanish, the other will (definitely) perish.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 377; Page No. 58 link
Giving charity is the best path to piety.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 687; Page No. 100 link
The narrator was present near Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) when there was a discussion about illness. Imam said, "Treat your illness with Sadaqah. Why don't you offer a day's food as Sadaqah? If the angel of death is ordered to take out the soul of a person and he pays Sadaqah, the angel of death is told to return."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 185 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his father that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked a person, "Did you fast today?" "No," he replied. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked, "Did you visit a sick person?" "No," he replied. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked, "Did you attend a funeral?" He said, "No." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) asked, "Did you feed a poor?" He replied, "No." The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) told him, "Go to your family and kiss them. It will be Sadaqah for them."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 185 link
"Making a deaf understand something without getting irritated is also a good charity."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 185 link
Imam Ali ibn Musa al-Rida [a] said
There was drought in Bani Israel for many years at a stretch. A woman kept a morsel in her mouth. A beggar passed by and called out, "O woman! I am hungry." The woman thought that she should offer Sadaqah and took out the morsel from her mouth and gave it to the beggar. The woman had a young child who had gone to collect some firewood in the forest. A wolf picked the child up and started running away. The woman started chasing that wolf. Allah sent Jibraeel at that time and he took the child from wolf and returned him to his mother and told her, "O woman! Are you happy to get the return of that morsel through this one?"
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 185/186 link
"Allah keeps away from sorrow, wild animals and unpleasant death one who gives charity during the day or night."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 186 link
It is narrated that Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) never used to return any beggar away empty-handed on the day of Arafah.
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 188 link
"The reward and punishment of good deeds and sins respectively has equal weight on Friday."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 188 link
God will make a servant's property end in good, should (s)he give good charity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 755; Page No. 108 link
All forms of loaning are considered charity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 174; Page No. 31 link
Alms mixed with one's property will surely make it ruin.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 188; Page No. 33 link
Alms-giving is a bridge to Islam.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 189; Page No. 33 link
If I had gold as much as Mount Uhud, I would like to have nothing of it with me within three days, save for a piece by which to repay my debts.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 993; Page No. 140 link
Eat and drink and give something in charity. Dress yourselves without prodigality and vanity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 526; Page No. 77 link
Entering Paradise, I saw the statement on its door that `charity will be rewarded ten times as much but lending, eighteen times as much. I asked Gabriel for the reason, and he replied: "Charity is to the good of the poor and the rich alike, but lending is only to the good of the needy".
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 533; Page No. 78 link
Every good deed is charity, and whatever a Muslim dispenses for himself and his kinds will be considered charity, and so are the steps s(he) takes to keep his/her own fame intact.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 544; Page No. 80 link
Good words are (acts of) charity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 816; Page No. 116 link
Houses you make wherein you will not rest, things you amass which you never taste and wishes you have which are never fulfilled.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 920; Page No. 130 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his ancestors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, "When my Ummah avoids beggars and walks proudly, Allah will swear by His honor and say: I will punish these people because of some of them."
Iqbal al-A`amal, page 316 link
The best act of charity is carried out in the month of Ramazan
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16249; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 179 link
The one who gives excessive charity is as the one who withholds it.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16246; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 181 link
The one who is truly poor does not roam around the streets begging, nor can he be turned away with a date or two, or a bite or two. Rather the one who is truly poor is he who restrains himself from asking people and who does not draw attention to himself that is the one that should be given charity.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 16552; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 181 link
Hand something to the poor even if it is a piece of burnt hoof.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 854; Page No. 121 link
Hidden charity cools down God's wrath.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 905; Page No. 128 link
Lending something is better than giving it in charity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1181; Page No. 169 link
Lending something twice is better than giving it in charity once.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 1182; Page No. 169 link
Begin your day with charity, for it surely stops calamity.
Nahj al Fasahah; Tradition No. 308; Page No. 49 link
"Giving Sadaqah at night cools the anger of the Lord."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 189 link
"Sadaqah given during day dissolves sins like water dissolves salt. Giving Sadaqah at night cools the anger of the Lord."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 189 link
It is narrated from Mualla bin Khunais that one night Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) came out of his house. It was raining heavily. Imam walked and Mualla followed him. Suddenly a thing fell from Imam's hands. Imam recited Bismillaah and prayed to Allah to get the lost thing back. He went near the Imam and saluted him. Imam (a.s.) asked, "Are you Mualla?" He replied, "Yes, may I be sacrificed for you." The Imam said, "Move your hand on the ground and see if you find something." He started searching and came to know that it was a bag containing bread when he found it out. He told the Imam, "May I be sacrificed for you, I will carry it." Imam (a.s.) replied, "I have right to carry it more than you but you come along with me." They both went to the hutments of Bani Saidah. Some people were sleeping over there. Imam kept a few loaves near each person and they returned. Mualla asked Imam, "Are they on the right religion?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "If they had been on the right religion I would have brought salt along with the bread. There is no creation of Allah which is deprived of necessities. Sadaqah is in the hands of Allah only." Imam (a.s.) further said, "Whenever my father used to give Sadaqah, he used to take it back from the hands of the beggar, kiss that Sadaqah and smell it and then return it to him. He used to do it so because Sadaqah goes into the hands of Allah before going into the hands of beggar. He used to say that I like to have in my hands too what Allah's hands had held. Giving Sadaqah in darkness reduces the anger of Allah and wipes greater sins. It makes accounting of deeds easier. Sadaqah given during day causes abundance in wealth and life. Once Isa Ibne Maryam passed by a sea. He dropped his food in the sea. One of his companions asked, "O Ruhullah! Why did you do so? It was your food, why did you drop it?" He replied, "I dropped it so that the marine creatures consume it. It carries a great reward in front of Allah."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 189/190 link
Imam Ja'far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.) said, "One who gives Sadaqah to a destitute and the latter supplicates for the former his supplications are accepted immediately."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 191 link
"Giving Sadaqah to a Muslim so much that the latter is satisfied is dearer to me than feeding one Afaq men." The narrator asked, "What is meant by one Afaq?" Imam (a.s.) replied, "A hundred thousand or more than that."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 197/198 link
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