"Save yourself from Hellfire by giving even half a date in charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly."
— Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
"Allah is in the aid of His servant as long as His servant is in the aid of his brother."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا"
— Quran 76:8
"A person's true wealth hereafter is the good he does in this world to his fellow man."
— Imam Shafi'i
"قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ وَمَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ"
— Quran 34:39
"Beware of stinginess, for it destroyed those who came before you."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"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 real richness is the richness of the heart, and the real poverty is the poverty of the heart."
— Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (RA)
"There is no envy except in two cases: a person whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right way, and a person whom Allah has given wisdom and he judges by it and teaches it to others."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"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 whatever good you put forward for yourselves, you will find it with Allah. It is better and greater in reward."
— Quran 73:20
"None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"The merciful are shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to those on earth, and the One in the heavens will be merciful to you."
— 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)
"خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا"
— Quran 9:103
"وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَبِذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْجَارِ ذِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْجَارِ الْجُنُبِ وَالصَّاحِبِ بِالْجَنبِ"
— Quran 4:36
"إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا"
— Quran 76:9
"Exchange gifts, as that will lead to increasing your love for one another."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad)
"He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while the neighbor to his side goes hungry."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bayhaqi)