Charity is defined as helping/aiding those who are in need, whether it is with food, drink, clothes, or money. In Islam, there are different types of charity you can give. For example, ‘Sadaqa’, which means ‘righteousness’, is referred to the voluntary giving of alms or charity. But in Islamic terminology; Sadaqah has been defined as an act of ‘giving something to somebody without seeking a substitute in return and with the intention of pleasing Allah’. May these Charity Quotes In Islam inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.
1. “A man’s true wealth is the good he does in this world.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
2. “Every act of kindness is charity.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
3. “Smiling in your brother’s face is an act of charity.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
.4. “It is also charity to utter a good word.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
5. “Charity does not decrease wealth.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
6. “Those who spend in charity will be richly rewarded.” [Quran 75:10]
7. “Don’t feel ashamed when giving little for charity; that is because there is always goodness in giving no matter how little.” Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA)
8. “Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) said Allah said: Spend on charity, O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
9. “The best among you are those who bring greatest benefits to many others.” Hadith Meal
10. “The charity you give will be your shade on the Day of Judgement.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
11. “Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity.” Tirmidhi
12. “Forgiveness is the greatest gift of charity in Islam.” Abdul-Mumin Sombat Jitmoud
13. “To command to do good deeds and to prevent others from doing evil is charity.” [Bukhari]
14. “A man is not a believer who fills his stomach while his neighbour is hungry.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
15. “Sadaqah wipes out sins like water extinguishes fire.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
16. “The best charity is that given by one who has little.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
17. “Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is free of need and forbearing.” [Quran, 2:263]
18. “The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) said: Spend in charity and do not count for, then Allah will also keep count in giving you provision.” [Bukhari and Muslim]
19. “The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) asked: ‘Which charity is best?’ He replied: ‘That which you give while you fear poverty.” [Sahih Bukhari No. 500]
20. “Give in charity because your shrouds will not have pockets to carry in them your wealth.” Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril
21. “The best charity is that given in Ramadan.” Tirmidhi
22. “if you do deeds of charity openly, it is well; But if you bestow it upon the needy in secretly, it will be even better for you.” [Quran 2:271]
23. “The best charity is that which is practised by a wealthy person. And start giving first to your dependents.” [Bukhari]
24. “Do not withhold your money, for if you did so, Allah would withhold his blessings from you.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
25. “If you want to pray to Allah for better means of subsistence, then first give something in charity.” Hazrat Ali (R.A)
26. “Give, even when you know you can get nothing back.” Yasmin Mogahed
27. “The first person who benefits from an act of charity is the benefactor himself, by seeing the changes in himself and in his manners, by finding peace, by watching a smile form on the lips of another person.” Aaidh Ibn Abdullah Al-Qarhi
28. “To guide a person in a place where he can go astray is charity.” [Bukhari]
29. “The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is that of the giver & the lower hand is that of the beggar.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
30. “A man’s spending on his family is a deed of charity.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
31. “When one of you plants a tree, the fruits of which all creatures enjoy, let it be written as charity.” Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)
32. “The clear and apparent road is the road of truth and charity.” Hazrat Ali (R.A)
33. “To guide a person with defective vision is charity for you.” [Bukhari]
34. “The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) said: Save yourself from hellfire by giving a half date fruit in charity.” [Sahih Al-Bukhari: 1417]
35. “When Allah blesses you financially, don’t raise your standard of living, raise your standard of giving.” Anonymous
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