Almighty saying
"خذ من أموالهم صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ ، وَتُزَكِّيهِمْ بها"
“Take charity from their wealth in order to purify them and purify them with it.”
Allah says
فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍ
Ransom of fasting or charity or sacrifices
What is given to the poor and the like, such as money, food, or clothing for the sake of God’s kinship, not for honorable mention,
The virtue of charity
On the authority of Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, he said
The Messenger of God said: “Every peace between people is charitable. Every day when the sun rises, reconciliation between the two is charitable, or he helps a man with his mount and carries him on it, or raises his luggage for him on it as alms, a kind word is charity, and every step one takes towards prayer is charity and removing a harmful thing from the road is charity.” [Bukhari and Muslim]
The types of charity
money charity
And all that is material and tangible: this kind helps to meet the needs of others.
Voluntary charity
It is to take out money voluntarily and to draw closer to the face of God
Secret charity
It is giving money without informing, in secret, seeking the reward of God and drawing close to His face.
Public charity
It is taking out money in front of people, visible to them
moral charity
On the authority of Abu Umamah, may God be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - said: “Good deeds protect against evil, and the almsgiving of the secret extinguishes the wrath of the Lord, and the bond of kinship increases one’s life.”
Remembrance of God - the Almighty
such as Tasbeeh: Al thleel: no God except God, Al Hamd: praising, , as Abu Dhar Al-Ghafari - may God be pleased with him - narrated on the authority of the Prophet - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - he said: On the authority of the Prophet - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - he said: (It becomes on all my sound body from one of you every morning a charity)
every glorification is charity, and every praise of God is charity, every tahleel: no God except God is charity, and every takbeer is charity, enjoining good is charity, and forbidding evil is charity, He gives half of the reward: from that two rak’ahs that he performs in the forenoon)
Forbidding the evil
On the authority of Abu Dharr Al-Ghafari, may God be pleased with him, that some of the companions of the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family - said to the Prophet - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family: O Messenger of God, the people of the rich are gone with wages: they pray as we pray, fast as we fast, and give alms from their extra money, He said: didn't God make for you what you give in charity: Every glorification is charity, every saying Al hamd lellah is charity, every saying no God except God is charity, enjoining good is charity, forbidding what is reprehensible is charity, And in a intercourse one of you is charity. They said: O Messenger of God, does one of us fulfill his desire and have a reward for it? He said: Have you seen that if he put it in a forbidden way, would he bear a burden? So if he does it in a halaal him has reword, narrated by Muslim.
Removing something harmful from the road
The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said: “Faith has more than sixty or seventy branches, the highest of them is there is no god but God, and the lowest of them is the removal of harmful things from the road, Modesty is a branch of faith.” Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Avoid evil and beware of it
On the authority of Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari - may God be pleased with him - who said: The Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - said: (And let him refrain from evil, for it is charity for him)
Saying good word to all people
Abu Hurairah - may God be pleased with him - narrated that the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - said: (And a good word is charity, and every step they take towards prayer is charity)
Going to prayer is charity
Abu Hurairah - may God be pleased with him - narrated that the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - said: (And a good word is charity, and every step they take towards prayer is charity)
Filling the needs of the needy
Allah says
(وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَى حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا ويَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا* إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّـهِ لَا نُرِيدُ منكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا)
(And they feed food, out of love for Him, to the needy, the orphan, and the captive* we only feed you for the sake of God; we do not want any reward from you, nor thanks.)
Building everything that benefits people
such as mosques, places to drink water, homes for orphans and the elderly, and public offices, The role of reform is for those who commit crimes, including reforming roads and agricultural lands.
Spreading knowledge - printing the Qur'an
Where Abu Hurairah - may God be pleased with him - narrated on the authority of the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - he said: (Indeed, among what befalls the believer of his deeds and good deeds after his death, knowledge that he taught and spread, or a righteous son he left behind, or a Qur’an that he inherited.”
The facilitating for people and tolerating to them
Allah says
(وَإِن كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَىٰ مَيْسَرَةٍ وَأَن تصَدَّقُوا خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ)
He - the Almighty - said: (And if it is difficult, then a return to ease, and if you give alms, it is better for you, if you knew).
On the authority of Abu Hurairah - may God be pleased with him - he said: (He was a merchant who took loans from people, and if he saw someone in difficulty, he said: for his boys: They overlooked him, perhaps God will overlook us, so God overlooked him).
The charity for non-Muslims and prisoners
Allah says
(لَّا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّـهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَلمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ أَن تبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِينَ)
Among them are the People of the Book, as He - the Most High - said: (God does not forbid you towards those who They did not fight you because of religion, nor did they expel you from your homes, That you be kind to them and justly towards them, for God loves those who are just.)
The mercy on animals
Abu Hurairah - may God be pleased with him - deterred that the Messenger of God - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - said: (While a man was walking on a path, thirst became severe for him, He found a well, went down into it, drank, then came out, and there was a panting dog eating dirt out of thirst, the man said: This dog has been quenched with thirst like the one that quenched me, He went down to the well, filled his shoe, then caught it by his mouth and gave the dog to drink, So God thanked him and forgave him. they said: O Messenger of God, and that we have a reward in the animals? He said: Yes, there is a reward for every woman with a fresh liver a reward .