"O son of Adam, spend and I shall spend on you."
— Hadith Qudsi (Bukhari & Muslim)
"مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنبُلَةٍ مِّائَةُ حَبَّةٍ"
— Quran 2:261
"Richness is not having many possessions. Rather, true richness is the richness of the soul."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while the neighbor to his side goes hungry."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bayhaqi)
"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)
"Charity extinguishes sin as water extinguishes fire."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"The best of charity is when a Muslim gains knowledge, then he teaches it to his Muslim brother."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Ibn Majah)
"A man's spending on his family is a deed of 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)
"A person's true wealth hereafter is the good he does in this world to his fellow man."
— Imam Shafi'i
"Charity does not decrease wealth."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (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)
"The believer's shade on the Day of Resurrection will be his charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Ahmad)
"The best charity is that which is given when one is in need and struggling."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Abu Dawud)
"Detach yourself from this world, and Allah will love you. Detach yourself from what people have, and people will love you."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Ibn Majah)
"وَيُطْعِمُونَ الطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا"
— Quran 76:8
"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)
"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)
"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 builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)