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Forty hadiths on the excellence of charity.

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On the authority of Mu'awiyah Ibn Haydah, may Allah be pleased with him.

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From the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who said:

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"Indeed, secret charity extinguishes the wrath of the Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He."

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Recorded by al-Tabarani and classified as hasan by al-Albani.

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The meaning of the hadith regarding secret charity:

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It refers to the expenditure that a person gives in private,

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while being keen within himself to conceal it,

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so that no one else knows about it.

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This charity extinguishes the wrath of the Lord,

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meaning it serves as a cause for that to happen.

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Thus, it is possible for one who has angered his Lord through disobedience

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to rectify that by giving secret charity,

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for indeed, good deeds efface bad deeds.