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The Garden of Guidance

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Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, says:

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“Believe in Allah and His messenger, and spend of that whereof He hath made you trustees; and such of you as believe and spend (aright), theirs will be a great reward.” (57:7)

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On the authority of 'Uqbah Ibn 'Amir, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

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I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, say:

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"Every person shall be in the shade of his charity until judgment is passed between the people,"

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or he said, "until it is decided between the people."

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Yazid said: Abu al-Khayr would never let a day pass without giving something in charity,

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even if it were a cake, an onion, or something similar.

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Narrated by Ahmad.

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The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "Indeed, charity extinguishes the heat of the graves for its people."

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And the believer shall only be shaded on the Day of Resurrection by the shade of his charity.

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A beneficial point:

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Abu al-Khayr Marthad al-Misri would never enter the mosque without having charity in his sleeve,

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whether it was coins, bread, wheat, or sometimes even onions.

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It would be said to him, "This makes your clothes smell."

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He would reply, "I simply could not find anything else in the house to give as charity."

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For he was told by a man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him:

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That the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

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"The shade of the believer on the Day of Resurrection is his charity."