Part of Forty hadiths on the virtue of charity (37 hadiths)
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Forty hadiths on the virtue of charity | Hadith No. (28)
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Forty hadiths on the virtue of charity.
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On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"It would not please me to have gold equal to Mount Uhud,
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such that three days pass over me,
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while I still have a dinar of it remaining,
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except for a dinar I set aside to pay off a debt."
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Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
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Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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Giving and charity were the most beloved things to him, peace be upon him.
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His joy and happiness in what he gave
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were greater than the joy of the one receiving it.
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He was the most generous of people in doing good,
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his hand like a wind sent forth.
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Whenever a person in need came to him,
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he would prioritize them over his own self,
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sometimes with his food,
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and sometimes with his clothing.
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He, peace be upon him,
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would command charity and encourage it,
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and call people to it through his own conduct and his speech.
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For that reason, he, peace be upon him,
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was the most expansive of all creation in breast,
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the most pleasant of them in soul,
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and the most blissful of them in heart.
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For charity and the performance of good deeds
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have a wondrous effect in expanding the breast.