"Protect yourself from Hellfire even if it is with half a date given in charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Free of need and Forbearing."
— Quran 2:263
"وَمَا تُنفِقُوا مِنْ خَيْرٍ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ"
— Quran 2:272
"Those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah and then do not follow up what they have spent with reminders or injury, they shall have their reward from their Lord."
— Quran 2:262
"Charity does not decrease wealth."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"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)
"The best among you are those who have the best manners and character."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"The real richness is the richness of the heart, and the real poverty is the poverty of the heart."
— Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (RA)
"Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly."
— Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
"The one who strives on behalf of the widows and the poor is like the one who strives in the way of Allah."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"The heart that gives, gathers."
— Rumi
"Allah is in the aid of His servant as long as His servant is in the aid of his brother."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ اللَّهِ"
— Quran 2:110
"Be like a tree — give shade and fruit even to those who throw stones at you."
— Islamic Proverb
"The generous person is near to Allah, near to Paradise, near to people, and far from Hellfire."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"Richness is not having many possessions. Rather, true richness is the richness of the soul."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّي يَبْسُطُ الرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَيَقْدِرُ لَهُ وَمَا أَنفَقْتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَهُوَ يُخْلِفُهُ"
— Quran 34:39
"The most beloved people to Allah are those who are most beneficial to people."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tabarani)
"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)
"Beware of stinginess, for it destroyed those who came before you."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
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