"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be generous to his neighbor."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"Your smile for your brother is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"مَّن ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً"
— Quran 2:245
"The real richness is the richness of the heart, and the real poverty is the poverty of the heart."
— Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (RA)
"And in their wealth there is a recognized right for the one who asks and the one who is deprived."
— Quran 70:24-25
"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 best charity is that which is given when one is in need and struggling."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Abu Dawud)
"The wealth of a person is not in what he keeps, but in what he gives away."
— Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
"Charity does not decrease wealth."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"And they prefer others over themselves, even though they are in privation. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul — it is those who will be successful."
— Quran 59:9
"Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"He is not a believer whose stomach is filled while the neighbor to his side goes hungry."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bayhaqi)
"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)
"Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly."
— Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
"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)
"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)
"Beware of stinginess, for it destroyed those who came before you."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Muslim)
"Indeed, the men who practice charity and the women who practice charity and have loaned Allah a goodly loan — it will be multiplied for them."
— Quran 57:18
"O son of Adam, spend and I shall spend on you."
— Hadith Qudsi (Bukhari & Muslim)
"And whatever you spend of good — it is for yourselves. And you do not spend except seeking the face of Allah."
— Quran 2:272
