Voluntary Charity

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1. 3125

   An honest Muslim storekeeper, who carries out the orders of his master and pays fully what he has been ordered to give with a good heart and pays to that person to whom he was ordered to pay, is regarded as one of the two charitable persons

   Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari - Al-Bukhari and Muslim. This is the wording of Al-Bukhari
2. 3358

   Whoever takes care of daughters and treats them kindly, they will be a screen for him from Hellfire

   AuthenticAgreed upon
3. 3379

   There is no day wherein the slaves reach the morning except that two angels descend. One of them says: O Allah, give the spender compensation; whereas the other one says: O Allah, give the withholder damage

   AuthenticAgreed upon
4. 3568

   The best charity is providing the shade of a tent in the cause of Allah, or providing a servant for one who strives in the cause of Allah, or providing a young she-camel for one striving in the cause of Allah

   Good hadithNarrated by At-Termedhy - Narrated by Ahmad
5. 3599

   The upper hand is better than the lower hand

   AuthenticAgreed upon
6. 3653

   His wealth is whatever he spends during his life, while the wealth of his heir is whatever he leaves after his death

   Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari
7. 3772

   There should be no envy except in two (cases): A man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right way, and a man whom Allah has given wisdom and he judges according to it and teaches it to others

   Authentic hadithAl-Bukhari and Muslim with its two versions
8. 4252

   Which charity earns the greatest reward? He said: That you give charity when you are healthy and miserly, fearing poverty and hoping to become rich. Do not delay charity until your soul reaches up to the throat, and then you say: This is for so-and-so and this is for so-and-so. Lo, it has already come into the possession of so-and-so

   Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari & Muslim
9. 4290

   Well-done! That is a profitable deal! That is a profitable deal! I heard what you said: and I suggest that you give it to your nearest relatives

   Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari & Muslim
10. 4558

    Has Allah not provided for you that which you can give as charity? Every Tasbīh (saying: Glory be to Allah) is charity; every Takbīr (saying: Allah is the Greatest) is charity; every Tahmīd (saying: Praise be to Allah) is charity; and every Tahlīl (saying: There is no God but Allah) is charity. Enjoining good is charity, forbidding evil is charity, and even in fulfilling the sexual desire of one of you there is charity

    AuthenticNarrated by Muslim
11. 4719

    For you, Yazīd, is (the reward for) what you intended, and for you, Ma‘in, is what you took

    Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari
12. 5036

    You will receive seven hundred she-camels in return for it on the Day of Resurrection, all wearing bridles

    Authentic hadithNarrated by Muslim
13. 5363

    Eat, drink, wear clothes, and give charity without extravagance or pride

    Good hadithNarrated by Ibn Majah - Al-Bukhari as Mu‘allaq/hanging, with a decisive form - Narrated by Ahmad
14. 5512

    Charity does not diminish wealth, and Allah does not increase a servant, on account of his forgiveness, except in honor, and no one humbles himself seeking the pleasure of Allah except that Allah will elevate him

    AuthenticNarrated by Muslim
15. 5776

    While a man was walking through a barren land, he heard a voice coming out of a cloud

    Authentic hadithNarrated by Muslim
16. 5805

    Allah said: 'O son of Adam, spend, and I will spend on you.'

    AuthenticAgreed upon
17. 5810

    What is left of it (the sheep)? She replied: Nothing is left except its shoulder. He said: All of it is left except its shoulder

    Authentic hadithNarrated by At-Termedhy
18. 5813

    A dinar you spent in the cause of Allah, a dinar you spent on a slave, a dinar you gave in charity to a needy person, and a dinar you spent on your family; the greatest in reward is the one you spent on your family

    AuthenticNarrated by Muslim
19. 5823

    Spend (in charity), and do not keep account, lest Allah keep account of you, and do not hoard, lest Allah hoard from you

    Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari & Muslim
20. 5834

    The example of a miser and a generous person is that of two men wearing two iron cloaks covering their breasts up to their collar bones

    Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari & Muslim