Zakah & Charity – Page 2

Cure sickness by giving sadaqah

Question

What is status of following Hadith? And can it be quoted?

حَصِّنُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بِالزَّكَاةِ وَدَاوُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَأَعِدُّوا لِلْبَلَاءِ الدُّعَاءَ

Especially this part:

وَدَاوُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ

And of the last portion:

وَأَعِدُّوا لِلْبَلَاءِ الدُّعَاءَ

In other narrations it is like

وَاسْتَقْبِلُوا أَمْوَاجَ الْبَلَاءِ بِالدُّعَاءِ

and

وَرُدُّوا نائبَةَ الْبَلَاءِ بِالدُّعَاءِ

(Shu’abul Iman)

Are all these wordings proven or these are additions (saying in their own words) of narrators? Read More »

An unauthentic narration regarding a miser

Question

What is the source of this Hadith?

“Allah Ta’ala dislikes the person who remains stingy throughout his life and becomes generous at the time of his death”

The wealth of a servant is not decreased by giving charity

Question

What is the authenticity of this narration?

“The wealth of a servant is not decreased by giving charity, Allah Ta’ala will increase the honor of one who endures oppression, and a person does not open a door of begging except that Allah will open for him a door of poverty”

Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) carrying out four deeds that guarantees entry into Jannah

Question

Please provide the full narration where Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) asked who did four good deeds and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) had done all four. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said who ever does these actions will enter Jannah.

What is written on one of the gates of Jannah?

Question

Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

“A man entered Jannah and saw written on its gate ‘Charity receives a tenfold reward and giving a loan receives an eighteen fold reward”

Is this authentic?

How to remedy a hard heart

Question

Is this authentic?

A person complained to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) that he had a hard heart. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) advised him to pass his hand over the head of an orphan and to feed the poor.

A great virtue of loving for the sake of Allah Ta’ala

Question

I heard an incident in a lecture regarding Sayyiduna Mu’adh ibn Jabal (radiyallahu ‘anhu) pulling someone close to him and telling him the virtue of loving for the sake of Allah.

Please narrate the full incident and provide the reference

A Hadith warning women who do not pay zakat for their jewellery

Question

A Hadith was read in our daily Ta’lim in our Masjid from Fadail Sadaqat (part 1, pg: 290, Hadith: 9) regarding a women wearing a gold necklace will have a similar necklace of fire on the day of Qiyamah.

A brother from an Arabic speaking background says he doubts this is correct. He doubts it can be in Abu Dawud. It is probably extremely weak he says and in his opinion it is fabricated.

He is self taught. He has read Bukhari and Muslim and his also learns via google. What have the Muhaddithun of early times said about this Hadith?

A deed better than optional fasting, Salah and charity

Question

Please provide the reference for the following Hadith and confirm if authentic or not:

“Do you know what is better than charity, fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as quarrels and bad feelings destroy mankind.”

(Muslim and Bukhari)

Ways to draw Allah’s assistance

Question

Who is the narrator of the following Hadith and is it authentic?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

“O people, join the link between you and your Rabb by remembering Him in abundance”

A Hadith on giving charity from haram income

Question

Is this Hadith authentic?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

“Whoever acquires haram (unlawful) wealth and then gives charity from it, he will not be rewarded and will be sinful.”

One good deed, three people rewarded

Question

Please provide the reference for the following Hadith:

“When a woman gives charity from her husband’s house, she will get the reward for it, her husband will also be rewarded, the one keeping the money also gets rewarded. The reward of each them will not be decreased at all by the reward of the other. The husband is rewarded since he earned the money and the wife is rewarded since she gave the charity.”

Some reasons for drought and famine

Question

Is the following Hadith authentic?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) informed us that no people become unjust in their commercial transactions, and refuse to pay Zakah except that they will be afflicted with drought.