"And they give food in spite of love for it to the needy, the orphan, and the captive."
— Quran 76:8
"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)
"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)
"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)
"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 upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one that gives, and the lower hand is the one that receives."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"Your smile for your brother is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Tirmidhi)
"الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ لَا يُتْبِعُونَ مَا أَنفَقُوا مَنًّا وَلَا أَذًى لَّهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ"
— Quran 2:262
"We feed you only for the sake of Allah. We wish not from you reward or gratitude."
— Quran 76:9
"Richness is not having many possessions. Rather, true richness is the richness of the soul."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"Every day two angels descend and one of them says: O Allah, give compensation to the one who spends. The other says: O Allah, give destruction to the one who withholds."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"The best of people are those who are most useful to others."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Daraqutni)
"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)
"وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ اللَّهِ"
— Quran 2:110
"Allah said: Spend, O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you."
— Hadith Qudsi (Bukhari)
"Spend in charity and do not keep count, for then Allah will also keep count in giving you provision."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)
"The best among you are those who have the best manners and character."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari)
"A good word is charity."
— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Bukhari & Muslim)