"He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while the neighbor to his side goes hungry."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bayhaqi)
"وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ اللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرًا وَأَعْظَمَ أَجْرًا"
— Quran 73:20
"Charity does not decrease wealth."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and set free the captives."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"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)
"Save yourself from Hellfire by giving even half a date in charity."
— 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)
"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)
"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)
"Be like a tree — give shade and fruit even to those who throw stones at you."
— Islamic Proverb
"The believer's shade on the Day of Resurrection will be his charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Ahmad)
"Your smile for your brother is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"And be steadfast in prayer and regular in charity. And whatever good you send forth for your souls before you, you shall find it with Allah."
— Quran 2:110
"قَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا أَذًى وَاللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٌ"
— Quran 2:263
"Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever has not kindness has not faith."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"Beware of stinginess, for it destroyed those who came before you."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders."
— Imam Ali (RA)
"إِن تُبْدُوا الصَّدَقَاتِ فَنِعِمَّا هِيَ وَإِن تُخْفُوهَا وَتُؤْتُوهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ"
— Quran 2:271
"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)
"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)
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