HOW TO GIVE ALMS (SADAKA)
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Whenever Imam Zeinul Abideen (A.S.) gave alms, he would kiss his own hands.
When they asked him the reason, he said:
Before alms is put in the hand of
needy man, it is placed in God¹s hand.
Imam Ali (A.S.) has said: ³When you give alms to a needy man, the alms
giver should kiss his hand, for God receives the alms before it is put in the hand of the needy man, since God is the Receiver of the alms.²
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said: ³Alms given by a believer is put in the
hand of God before it is put in the needy man¹s hand.²
Then the Holy Prophet recited verse 104 of the Quranic chapter Tawbah
(Repentance): ³Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from His
servants and takes the alms and that Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy),the Merciful?²
Imam Sadeq (AS) has been quoted as saying: God says:For every good deed I
have appointed a deputy to receive it save alms which I Myself receive immediately. A man or a woman may give one or half date as alms but I will make it big as a colt grows into a horse and young camel grows into a camel to as to meet me on the Day of Judgment while one or half date has become as big as Ohud Mountain.²
Imam Sadeq (AS) has said: ³Increase your sustenance through alms-giving.²
One day Imam Sadeq said to his son ³Muhammad²: My son, how much of
allowance is left with you?
-Forty Dinars
-Take it out and give alms in the way of God.
-We have nothing other than this.
³Give it out in the way of God so that He will reward it to us. Don¹t you
know that everything has a key and the key to sustenance is alms? Therefore
give alms.²
The son of the Imam did so. Ten days had hardly passed when forty thousand
Dinars were sent for the Imam by someone.
The Imam also said: ³Alms-giving in the way of God will help repay debts
and leave blessings behind.²
The Imam further said: ³Whenever you become destitute, do business with God
through alms-giving.²
Imam Baqer (AS) has said: ³Surely alms-giving repels seventy afflictions of
the world including a bad death. Surely an alms-giver never dies a bad
death.²
It is related that one day Jesus (AS) and his disciples were sitting
together when a man passed by them. Jesus (AS) said to his disciples: ³This
man will die soon. After the passage of some time, they noticed that the
man passed by them while he was carrying a load of wood. The disciples asked: O
spirit of God! You said he would die soon where as he is still living.
Jesus said to that man: Put down your load of wood. He did so and opened it.
They immediately saw that a big black snake with a stone in its mouth was
among the wood. Jesus said to that man: What have you done today? He said:
O spirit of Allah, I had two loaves of bread. I met a beggar. I gave one of
them to him (wee it not for his charity, that black snake would bite and
kill the man).
Imam Sadeq (AS) said: ³Every person who gives alms, God will give a better
recompense to his children after his death.²
On verse 36 of the Quranic Chapter Hajj ³...and feed the poor man who is
contented and beggar...²
Imam Sadeq (AS) has been quoted as saying: ³The poor man who is contented
is one who asks for something and beggar is your friend.²
Imam Sadeq (AS) was in Mina where a poor man came to him. The Imam ordered
a bunch of grapes to be given to him. The poor man said: I do not need it. I
need money. The Imam said: May God increase your sustenance? That man went
on his way empty-handed. Then another poor man came along and the Imam gave
him three single grapes. The poor man took those three single grapes saying:
³Praise is due to the Lord of the worlds² who gave my sustenance. The Imam
who saw this scene said to him: Wait. The Imam said to his servant: how
many Dirhams are on you? He said: About twenty Dirhams. The Imam said: Give all
Dirhams to him. The poor man took all Dirhams and said: Praise is due to
Allah the Lord of the worlds. O God! This bounty comes from you. You are
One and have no partner. The Imam further said: Wait.
Then he took off the shirt he was wearing and said: Put it on. That man put
on the shirt and said; Praise is due to Allah that gave a shirt and made
me happy. O servant of God! May God reward you. With these words he said good
bye and went away.
The narrator says: we were saying to ourselves: Had he not said good bye,
the Imam would have kept on giving away, for every time the poor man said
praise is due to Allah, the Imam would give him something.
Imam Sadeq (AS) said: ³If a person gives alms and receives his reward, he
should not ever make a business with it or spend it, for the charity
belongs to God and no one should share it with God, for this wealth is like a slave
who has been set free and enslaving him again is not lawful.²
About a person who intended to give alms but the poor man had gone away, it
is related by Imam Sadeq (AS) ³He should give it away and not return it to
his own wealth.²
Kinds of charity
Charity is classified into five categories:
1- Charity on wealth which was discussed.
2- Charity on position is when a man of position intercedes for saving
believers.
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:
The best charity is the charity of
tongue.
It was said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the charity of tongue? The Holy
Prophet said: It is intercession through which you can set a captive free,
prevent bloodshed, help your believing brother, and expel evil from him.²
If you treat believing brother fairly with regard to wealth and honor,
these two will be safeguarded.
3- Charity on wisdom is counselling. In this relation, the holy Prophet
said: ³Show the right way to your believing brother with your knowledge and
protect him with your advice, for both are charity.²
4- The charity on tongue is when one can put out the fire of differences
and make peace among them. In verse 114 of the Quranic Chapter, the women
(Nisa), God says:
³There is no good in most of their secret counsels except (in his) who
enjoins charity or goodness or reconciliation between people.....²
5- The charity on knowledge is through is dissemination among those who are
entitled to it. In this relation, the Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:
³One kind of charity is that one should learn and then teach to people what
he has learnt.²
The Holy Prophet (SAW) also said: ³The charity on knowledge is to teach it
to one who does not know it.²
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):³Every thing is
subject to charity and the charity on knowledge is to one who is entitled
to it.
Whenever Imam Zeinul Abideen (A.S.) gave alms, he would kiss his own hands.
When they asked him the reason, he said:
Before alms is put in the hand of
needy man, it is placed in God¹s hand.
Imam Ali (A.S.) has said: ³When you give alms to a needy man, the alms
giver should kiss his hand, for God receives the alms before it is put in the hand of the needy man, since God is the Receiver of the alms.²
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said: ³Alms given by a believer is put in the
hand of God before it is put in the needy man¹s hand.²
Then the Holy Prophet recited verse 104 of the Quranic chapter Tawbah
(Repentance): ³Do they not know that Allah accepts repentance from His
servants and takes the alms and that Allah is the Oft-returning (to mercy),the Merciful?²
Imam Sadeq (AS) has been quoted as saying: God says:For every good deed I
have appointed a deputy to receive it save alms which I Myself receive immediately. A man or a woman may give one or half date as alms but I will make it big as a colt grows into a horse and young camel grows into a camel to as to meet me on the Day of Judgment while one or half date has become as big as Ohud Mountain.²
Imam Sadeq (AS) has said: ³Increase your sustenance through alms-giving.²
One day Imam Sadeq said to his son ³Muhammad²: My son, how much of
allowance is left with you?
-Forty Dinars
-Take it out and give alms in the way of God.
-We have nothing other than this.
³Give it out in the way of God so that He will reward it to us. Don¹t you
know that everything has a key and the key to sustenance is alms? Therefore
give alms.²
The son of the Imam did so. Ten days had hardly passed when forty thousand
Dinars were sent for the Imam by someone.
The Imam also said: ³Alms-giving in the way of God will help repay debts
and leave blessings behind.²
The Imam further said: ³Whenever you become destitute, do business with God
through alms-giving.²
Imam Baqer (AS) has said: ³Surely alms-giving repels seventy afflictions of
the world including a bad death. Surely an alms-giver never dies a bad
death.²
It is related that one day Jesus (AS) and his disciples were sitting
together when a man passed by them. Jesus (AS) said to his disciples: ³This
man will die soon. After the passage of some time, they noticed that the
man passed by them while he was carrying a load of wood. The disciples asked: O
spirit of God! You said he would die soon where as he is still living.
Jesus said to that man: Put down your load of wood. He did so and opened it.
They immediately saw that a big black snake with a stone in its mouth was
among the wood. Jesus said to that man: What have you done today? He said:
O spirit of Allah, I had two loaves of bread. I met a beggar. I gave one of
them to him (wee it not for his charity, that black snake would bite and
kill the man).
Imam Sadeq (AS) said: ³Every person who gives alms, God will give a better
recompense to his children after his death.²
On verse 36 of the Quranic Chapter Hajj ³...and feed the poor man who is
contented and beggar...²
Imam Sadeq (AS) has been quoted as saying: ³The poor man who is contented
is one who asks for something and beggar is your friend.²
Imam Sadeq (AS) was in Mina where a poor man came to him. The Imam ordered
a bunch of grapes to be given to him. The poor man said: I do not need it. I
need money. The Imam said: May God increase your sustenance? That man went
on his way empty-handed. Then another poor man came along and the Imam gave
him three single grapes. The poor man took those three single grapes saying:
³Praise is due to the Lord of the worlds² who gave my sustenance. The Imam
who saw this scene said to him: Wait. The Imam said to his servant: how
many Dirhams are on you? He said: About twenty Dirhams. The Imam said: Give all
Dirhams to him. The poor man took all Dirhams and said: Praise is due to
Allah the Lord of the worlds. O God! This bounty comes from you. You are
One and have no partner. The Imam further said: Wait.
Then he took off the shirt he was wearing and said: Put it on. That man put
on the shirt and said; Praise is due to Allah that gave a shirt and made
me happy. O servant of God! May God reward you. With these words he said good
bye and went away.
The narrator says: we were saying to ourselves: Had he not said good bye,
the Imam would have kept on giving away, for every time the poor man said
praise is due to Allah, the Imam would give him something.
Imam Sadeq (AS) said: ³If a person gives alms and receives his reward, he
should not ever make a business with it or spend it, for the charity
belongs to God and no one should share it with God, for this wealth is like a slave
who has been set free and enslaving him again is not lawful.²
About a person who intended to give alms but the poor man had gone away, it
is related by Imam Sadeq (AS) ³He should give it away and not return it to
his own wealth.²
Kinds of charity
Charity is classified into five categories:
1- Charity on wealth which was discussed.
2- Charity on position is when a man of position intercedes for saving
believers.
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:
The best charity is the charity of
tongue.
It was said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the charity of tongue? The Holy
Prophet said: It is intercession through which you can set a captive free,
prevent bloodshed, help your believing brother, and expel evil from him.²
If you treat believing brother fairly with regard to wealth and honor,
these two will be safeguarded.
3- Charity on wisdom is counselling. In this relation, the holy Prophet
said: ³Show the right way to your believing brother with your knowledge and
protect him with your advice, for both are charity.²
4- The charity on tongue is when one can put out the fire of differences
and make peace among them. In verse 114 of the Quranic Chapter, the women
(Nisa), God says:
³There is no good in most of their secret counsels except (in his) who
enjoins charity or goodness or reconciliation between people.....²
5- The charity on knowledge is through is dissemination among those who are
entitled to it. In this relation, the Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:
³One kind of charity is that one should learn and then teach to people what
he has learnt.²
The Holy Prophet (SAW) also said: ³The charity on knowledge is to teach it
to one who does not know it.²
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):³Every thing is
subject to charity and the charity on knowledge is to one who is entitled
to it.
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