1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Forty hadiths on the virtue of charity. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,740 On the authority of ‘Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ud, may Allah be pleased with him. 3 00:00:09,740 --> 00:00:13,740 From the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said: 4 00:00:13,740 --> 00:00:16,800 "Every loan is an act of charity." 5 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,089 Recorded by al-Tabarani. 6 00:00:19,089 --> 00:00:22,089 And classified as hasan (sound) by al-Albani. 7 00:00:22,089 --> 00:00:24,920 In another narration, he said: 8 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,949 "Whoever lends a Muslim a dirham twice, 9 00:00:28,949 --> 00:00:31,949 it is for him as if he had given it in charity once." 10 00:00:31,949 --> 00:00:35,270 Al-Shawkani, may Allah have mercy on him, said: 11 00:00:35,270 --> 00:00:39,270 "This is evidence that lending something twice 12 00:00:39,270 --> 00:00:43,270 is equivalent to giving it as charity once."