Abu Huraira reported that a person came to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: Messenger of Allah, which charity is the greatest in reward? (The Prophet said): By your father, beware, you should give charity (in a state when you are) healthy and close-fisted, haunted by the fear of poverty, and still hoping to live (as rich). And you must not defer charity (to the time) when you are about to die, and would then say: This is for so and so, and this for so and so. It has already become the possession of so and so.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated with the same chain of transmitters except with this change (of words): Which charity is most excellent?
Read More..Abdullah b. Umar reported that as Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was sitting on the pulpit and talking about Sadaqa and abstention from begging, he said: The upper hand is better than the lower one, the upper being the one which bestows and the lower one which begs.
Read More..Hakim b. Hizam reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) having said this: The most excellent Sadaqa or the best of Sadaqa is that after giving which the (giver) remains rich and the upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin from the members of your household.
Read More..Hakim b. Hizam reported: I begged the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), and he gave me. I again begged, he again gave me. I again begged, he again gave me, and then said: This property is green and sweet; he who receives it with a cheerful heart is blessed in it, and he who receives it with an avaricious mind would not be blessed in it, he being like one who eats without being satished, and the upper hand is better thad the lower hand.
Read More..Abu Umama reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: O son of Adam, it is better for you if you spend your surplus (wealth), but if you withhold it, it is evil for you. There is (however) no reproach for you (if you withhold means necessary) for a living. And begin (charity) with your dependents; and the upper hand is better than the lower hand.
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