"The best of charity is when a Muslim gains knowledge, then he teaches it to his Muslim brother."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Ibn Majah)
"Be like a tree — give shade and fruit even to those who throw stones at you."
— Islamic Proverb
"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)
"آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَأَنفِقُوا مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ"
— Quran 57:7
"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)
"قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ وَمَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ"
— Quran 34:39
"The best among you are those who have the best manners and character."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"Your smile for your brother is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"Whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"If anyone strokes an orphan's head, doing so only for Allah's sake, he will have blessings for every hair over which his hand passes."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Ahmad)
"Protect yourself from Hellfire even if it is with half a date given in charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ"
— Quran 2:272
"The Prophet ﷺ was the most generous of all people, and he used to become more generous in Ramadan."
— Narrated by Ibn Abbas (Bukhari)
"And in their wealth there is a recognized right for the one who asks and the one who is deprived."
— Quran 70:24-25
"The best of deeds is to bring happiness to a fellow Muslim, or to relieve him of a debt, or to feed him."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bayhaqi)
"Make things easy and do not make them difficult. Give glad tidings and do not drive people away."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"Do not belittle any good deed, even meeting your brother with a cheerful face."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"The real richness is the richness of the heart, and the real poverty is the poverty of the heart."
— Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (RA)
"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
"Whoever is offered a good deed should accept it, for you do not know which good deed will admit you to Paradise."
— Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA)