"The best of people are those who are most useful to others."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Daraqutni)
"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)
"O son of Adam, spend and I shall spend on you."
— Hadith Qudsi (Bukhari & Muslim)
"The heart that gives, gathers."
— Rumi
"So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it."
— Quran 99:7
"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)
"The best charity is that which is given when one is in need and struggling."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Abu Dawud)
"الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُم بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ سِرًّا وَعَلَانِيَةً فَلَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ"
— Quran 2:274
"Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly."
— Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
"We feed you only for the sake of Allah. We wish not from you reward or gratitude."
— Quran 76:9
"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)
"You will never attain righteousness until you spend [in the way of Allah] from that which you love."
— Quran 3:92
"If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders."
— Imam Ali (RA)
"Give gifts to one another, for gifts take away grudges."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"وَيُؤْثِرُونَ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَلَوْ كَانَ بِهِمْ خَصَاصَةٌ وَمَن يُوقَ شُحَّ نَفْسِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ"
— Quran 59:9
"The hand that gives is better than the hand that takes."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"I and the one who sponsors an orphan will be like these two in Paradise — and he indicated his index and middle fingers."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"Richness is not having many possessions. Rather, true richness is the richness of the soul."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"The generous person is near to Allah, near to Paradise, near to people, and far from Hellfire."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"Do not belittle any good deed, even meeting your brother with a cheerful face."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)