"And in their wealth there is a recognized right for the one who asks and the one who is deprived."
— Quran 70:24-25
"He who removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allah will remove from him one of the griefs of the Day of Judgment."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"Your smile for your brother is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"If you disclose your charitable expenditures, they are good; but if you conceal them and give them to the poor, it is better for you."
— Quran 2:271
"And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive."
— Quran 76:8
"To smile in the company of your brother is charity. To command to do good deeds and to prevent others from doing evil is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"The wealth of a person is not in what he keeps, but in what he gives away."
— Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
"The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is like a seed which grows seven ears; in each ear is a hundred grains. And Allah multiplies for whom He wills."
— Quran 2:261
"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)
"وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَبِذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْجَارِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْجَارِ الْجُنُبِ وَالصَّاحِبِ بِالْجَنبِ"
— Quran 4:36
"The heart that gives, gathers."
— Rumi
"Whoever gives food to a fasting person to break his fast, shall have his sins forgiven, and he will be saved from the Fire."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Ibn Khuzaymah)
"وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًا"
— Quran 73:20
"Protect yourself from Hellfire even if it is with half a date given in charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"And whatever you spend of good — it is for yourselves. And you do not spend except seeking the face of Allah."
— Quran 2:272
"Allah said: Spend, O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you."
— Hadith Qudsi (Bukhari)
"A person's true wealth hereafter is the good he does in this world to his fellow man."
— Imam Shafi'i
"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)
"Say: Indeed, my Lord extends provision for whom He wills of His servants and restricts it for him. But whatever thing you spend, He will compensate it."
— Quran 34:39
"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be generous to his neighbor."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
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