"Whoever relieves a believer's distress of the distressful aspects of this world, Allah will rescue him from a difficulty of the difficulties of the Hereafter."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"And let not those of virtue among you and wealth swear not to give to their relatives and the needy and the emigrants in the cause of Allah. Let them pardon and overlook."
— Quran 24:22
"قَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا أَذًى وَاللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٌ"
— Quran 2:263
"إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا"
— Quran 76:9
"The believer's shade on the Day of Resurrection will be his charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Ahmad)
"None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنفِقُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ"
— Quran 2:267
"The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one that gives, and the lower hand is the one that receives."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"The best charity is that which is given when one is in need and struggling."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Abu Dawud)
"The one who strives on behalf of the widows and the poor is like the one who strives in the way of Allah."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ"
— Quran 59:9
"A good word is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like the one who did it."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"Charity extinguishes sin as water extinguishes fire."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"Give gifts to one another, for gifts take away grudges."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"إِنَّ الْمُصَّدِّقِينَ وَالْمُصَّدِّقَاتِ وَأَقْرَضُوا اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا يُضَاعَفُ لَهُمْ"
— Quran 57:18
"Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety; after all, it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly."
— Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
"A charity is due for every joint in each person on every day the sun comes up: to act justly between two people is a charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"Those who spend their wealth by night and by day, secretly and publicly — they will have their reward with their Lord."
— Quran 2:274