Spending in charity
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1 Spending in charity makes it easy for me to follow the path leading to the Paradise and to increase in doing righteous deeds.
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :
{ As for he who gives and fears Allāh And believes in the best [reward], We will ease him toward ease. }
Quran ( 92 : 5- 7 )
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2 Spending in charity is a means to be saved from the Hellfire.
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :
{ So I have warned you of a Fire which is blazing. None will [enter to] burn therein except the most wretched one Who had denied and turned away. But the righteous one will avoid it [He] who gives [from] his wealth to purify himself }
Quran ( 92 : 14 - 18 )
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3 I am warding off different types of trials by spending in charity.
Al-Harith Al-Ash'ari ( May Allah be pleased with him ) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ( May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him ) said:
"Indeed Allah commanded Yahya bin Zakariyya with five commandments to abide by, and to command the Children of Isra'il to abide by them. But he was slow in doing so. So 'Eisa said: 'Indeed Allah commanded you with five commandments to abide by and to command the Children of Isra'il to abide by.... And He commands you to give charity. The parable of that, is a man captured by his enemies, tying his hands to his neck, and they come to him to beat his neck. Then he said: "I can ransom myself from you with a little or a lot" so he ransoms himself from them..."
Jami` [ at-Tirmidhi ]
