1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,799 Forty Hadiths on the Virtues of Charity 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,640 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: 3 00:00:10,140 --> 00:00:13,640 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 4 00:00:14,019 --> 00:00:16,519 "A single dirham has surpassed a hundred thousand." 5 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:18,379 A man asked, 6 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,199 "And how could that be, O Messenger of Allah?" 7 00:00:21,679 --> 00:00:22,480 He replied: 8 00:00:22,879 --> 00:00:25,339 "A man possessed great wealth, 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,100 and from its vastness he took a hundred thousand 10 00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:29,960 and gave it in charity. 11 00:00:30,420 --> 00:00:33,700 Meanwhile, another man had nothing but two dirhams; 12 00:00:34,060 --> 00:00:37,140 he took one of them and gave it in charity." 13 00:00:37,990 --> 00:00:39,729 Recorded by Ibn Hibban, 14 00:00:39,909 --> 00:00:41,909 and graded as hasan by al-Albani.