"وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًا"
— Quran 73:20
"Whoever makes easy something for someone in difficulty, Allah will make things easy for him in this world and the Hereafter."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ"
— Quran 2:274
"وَفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ"
— Quran 70:24-25
"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
"Save yourself from Hellfire by giving even half a date in charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"The believer's shade on the Day of Resurrection will be his charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Ahmad)
"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)
"مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنبُلَةٍ مِّائَةُ حَبَّةٍ"
— Quran 2:261
"Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and set free the captives."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"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)
"Be like a tree — give shade and fruit even to those who throw stones at you."
— Islamic Proverb
"Every act of kindness is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"The one who looks after a widow or a poor person is like a warrior who fights for Allah's cause."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"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)
"وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ"
— Quran 59:9
"آمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَأَنفِقُوا مِمَّا جَعَلَكُم مُّسْتَخْلَفِينَ فِيهِ"
— Quran 57:7
"The best of people are those who are most useful to others."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Daraqutni)
"وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلِأَنفُسِكُمْ وَمَا تُنفِقُونَ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ"
— Quran 2:272
"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)