"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 man's spending on his family is a deed of charity."
— 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)
"Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنفِقُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ وَمِمَّا أَخْرَجْنَا لَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ"
— Quran 2:267
"The best of people are those who are most useful to others."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Daraqutni)
"There is no envy except in two cases: a person whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right way, and a person whom Allah has given wisdom and he judges by it and teaches it to others."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"قَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا أَذًى وَاللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٌ"
— Quran 2:263
"If you want to know where your heart is, look where your mind goes when it wanders."
— Imam Ali (RA)
"إِنَّمَا نُطْعِمُكُمْ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ لَا نُرِيدُ مِنكُمْ جَزَاءً وَلَا شُكُورًا"
— Quran 76:9
"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him be generous to his neighbor."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"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
"The best charity is that which is given when one is in need and struggling."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Abu Dawud)
"Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over?"
— Quran 2:245
"So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it."
— Quran 99:7
"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 heart that gives, gathers."
— Rumi
"The wealth of a person is not in what he keeps, but in what he gives away."
— Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA)
"The Prophet ﷺ was the most generous of all people, and he used to become more generous in Ramadan."
— Narrated by Ibn Abbas (Bukhari)
"Every act of kindness is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
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