Je Suis Prophet Muhammad .. speaks on 61 topics

1. Authentic Hadith pertaining to
GENEROSITY &
SPENDING IN A GOOD
CAUSE
Extracted from Imam Nawawi’s Reference
“The Gardens of Righteousness”
translated and presented by
Shaykh Ahmad Darwish, Anne (Khadeijah) Stephens
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BOOK 56
Allah, the Exalted, says:
“..... Whatever you expend He will replace it.
He is the Best of providers.” 34:39 Koran
“..... Whatever good you spend is for yourselves,
provided that you give it desiring the Face of Allah.
And whatever good you spend
shall be repaid to you in full,
you shall not be harmed.” 2:272 Koran
SPEND IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
THE RICH AND THE WISE
|H 545
“There are only two categories of people worthy of envy, they are: a
man to whom Allah has given wealth so he spent it on the truth; and
a man to whom Allah has given wisdom with which he judges and
teaches.”
Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to ibn Mas'ud who related that the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, said this.
OUR BEST DEEDS
|H 546

2. “Which of you loves the property of his heir more than his own? His
Companions replied, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be
upon him, there are none among us that do not love his own
property better.’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said,
‘His property is that which he has forwarded; that which he holds
back belongs to his heir.’"
Bukhari with a chain up to ibn Mas'ud who related that the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, asked this.
MERITS OF SPENDING IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
|H 550
“Allah, the Exalted, says, ‘Spend, son of Adam, you will also be
spent upon.'”
Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, said this.
SURPLUS OF MONEY
|H 553
“O son of Adam, if you were to spend that which is left over it will be
better for you. If you withhold it, it will be evil for you. You will not be
blamed for keeping that which you need. Begin by spending it upon
your dependents.”
Tirmidhi with a chain up to Abu Umamah who related that the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, said this.
WEALTH IS NOT DECREASED BY GIVING CHARITY
|H 558
“Wealth is not decreased by giving charity. Allah increases the
honor of one who forgives, and the one who humbles himself for the
sake of Allah so much that He raises them in rank.”
Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, said this.
DISTRIBUTION OF MEAT
|H 560
“A goat was slaughtered and most of its meat distributed. Then the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, asked: ‘Is any of it left?’
Lady Ayesha, may Allah be pleased with her, replied, ‘Nothing is left
of it except a shank.’ He said, ‘All of it is saved except the shank.’”
Tirmidhi with a chain up to the Mother of Believers, Lady Ayesha, may Allah be
pleased with her, who related this hadith.
ALLAH INCREASES YOUR CHARITY
|H 563
“If a person gives in charity - even as little as a date from his lawfully
gained earnings and Allah only accepts that which is pure – Allah
accepts it with His Right Hand and nurtures it for him as one of you
would tend a calf, until it becomes like a mountain.”
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3. Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, said this.
BLESSINGS FROM AN UNEXPECTED SOURCE
|H 564
“A man was walking through a barren piece of land when he heard a
voice coming from a cloud saying, ‘Water the garden of so and so.’
Thereupon the cloud floated in a certain direction and showered its
rain over a rocky piece of land. Streams of water began to flow into
a large canal, so the man followed the canal and found it circling a
garden. There he saw the owner of the garden standing in its midst
using his spade to spread the water.
The man asked him, ‘Worshiper of Allah, what is your name?’ So he
told him his name, which was the same as he had heard from the
cloud. The owner of the garden then asked the man: ‘Worshiper of
Allah, why did you ask me my name?’ The man replied, ‘I heard a
voice coming from the cloud from which this water fell, saying:
Water the garden of so and so, may I know what you do with it?’ He
answered, ‘As you have asked me, I will tell you. When the produce
of the garden is ready I give one third of it in charity. I use one third
for my family and myself and use the remaining third to sow another
crop.’”
Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, said this.
DO NOT BE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD
|H 561
“Do not withhold anything, or else Allah will withhold from you.
Spend (in charity) and do not accumulate. Do not keep what
remains, or else Allah will withhold from you.”
Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Asma' the daughter of Abu Bakr who related
that the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this to her
GENEROSITY
PROTECTION FROM THE FIRE
|H 140
“Shield yourselves from the Fire, even if it is by giving (as little as)
half a date in charity.”
Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Adiyy son of Hatim who related that
he heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this.
BEST ACTIONS
|H 551
“A man asked the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, ‘What
action is best in Islam?’ He answered: ‘Feeding people and greeting
everyone with the greeting of peace whether you know them or
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4. not.’"
Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abdullah the son of Amr son of Al 'As who
related this.
FORTY KINDS OF GOOD DEEDS
|H 552
“There are forty types of good deeds. Of the highest is the loan of a
she-camel yielding milk. Whichever of these deeds are practiced in
hope of receiving its reward and relying on the fulfillment of its
promise will lead its practitioner to Paradise.”
Bukhari with a chain up to Abdullah, the son of Amr son of Al 'As who related that
the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said this.
GIVER AND RECEIVER
|H 554
“The upper hand is better than the lower.”
Muslim added this.
THE GENEROSITY OF THE PROPHET
Praise and peace be upon him
EXAMPLE OF THE PROPHET, praise and peace be upon him
|H 548
“The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, never refused anyone
who asked him for something.”
Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Jabir who related this.
FOR THE LOVE OF ISLAM
|H 555
“Whenever a person asked the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, to give him something, he would give it to them. A man who
came to the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, gave him a flock of sheep
that roamed in a valley. When the man returned to his people he
told them: ‘O my people, accept Islam because Prophet
Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, gives away on such a
scale that no fear of poverty is left.’ Then, within a short while, Islam
became dearer to even the person who embraced Islam for worldly
gain, more than the world and all that is in it.”
Muslim with a chain up to Anas who related this hadith.
THE PROPHET WAS NEVER MISERLY, praise and peace be
upon him
|H 556
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, had distributed some
property when Omar said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace
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5. be upon him, the others were more deserving than these.’ He
replied, ‘They have the option to either ask me openly for it - and I
would give them - or, they might charge me with miserliness, and I
am not a miser.’"
Muslim with a chain up to Omar who related this hadith.
THE PROPHET, praise and peace be upon him AND THE
BEDOUINS
|H 557
“After the battle of Hunain, Jubair was walking with the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, when a group of Arab Bedouins
encircled him and began asking him (for things). They forced him
under a tree and his cloak was snatched from him. The Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, stopped and said, ‘Return my cloak
to me, if I had favors in the same numbers of these trees I would
have distributed it all among you. You will not find me a miser, liar or
a coward.’"
Bukhari with a chain up to Jubair, the son of Muti'm who related this hadith.
DEEDS FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH
THREE GUARANTEED THINGS
|H 559
“There are three things I swear upon: The wealth of a worshiper is
never decreased by charity. Allah increases the honor of whosoever
endures a wrong with patience. There is no worshiper that opens
the door of begging that Allah does not open for him a door of
poverty.
He added: Remember well what I am going to tell you. The world is
comprised up of four kinds of people:
The first is the person whom Allah has favored with wealth and
knowledge, and is mindful of his duty to His Lord with them. He
strengthens the ties of kinship and practices the rights of Allah in
them. Such a person is in the best position.
The second is the person whom Allah has favored with knowledge
but not wealth and is sincere and says, ‘Had I possessed wealth I
would have done the same as the first.’ His reward will be the same
as the other.
The third is the person whom Allah has favored with wealth but not
knowledge and squanders his wealth ignorantly. This person is the
one who is not mindful of his duty to his Lord in respect of his favor
and who neither discharges his obligations of family ties nor
practices the rights of Allah in it. Such a person is in the worst
position.
The fourth is the person whom Allah has neither favored with wealth
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6. nor knowledge, and says, ‘If I possessed wealth I would have been
like that person.’ This is his intention. They are both equal in
sinfulness.”
Tirmidhi with a chain up to Amr, the son of Sa'ad Anmari who related that he heard
the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this.
DEFINITION OF A MISER AND A
GENEROUS PERSON
GENEROSITY AND MISERLINESS
|H 295
“Everyday two angels descend. One of them says, ‘May Allah,
increase those who spend.’ The other says, ‘May Allah, ruin the
miser.’"
Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, said this.
LIKENESS OF A MISER AND A GENEROUS PERSON
|H 562
“The case of a miser and a generous person is similar to that of two
people clad in steel armor from their chest up to their collar bone.
When the generous person spends, his armor expands until it
covers his fingers and his toes. When the miser concedes to spend
something, every link of the armor sinks into his flesh. He tries to
loosen it, but it does not become loose.”
Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that he heard the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this.
AVOID BEING MISERLY
|H 565
“Avoid harm doing. On the Day of Resurrection harm will be
darkness. Safeguard yourselves against miserliness, for miserliness
has ruined nations before you. It incited them to murder and to
treating the unlawful as lawful.”
Muslim with a chain up to Jabir who related that the Prophet, praise and peace be
upon him, said this.
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7. INDEX
GENEROSITY & SPENDING
IN A GOOD CAUSE
BOOK 56
KORAN
SPEND IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
THE RICH AND THE WISE
OUR BEST DEEDS
MERITS OF SPENDING IN THE NAME OF ALLAH
SURPLUS OF MONEY
WEALTH IS NOT DECREASED BY GIVING CHARITY
DISTRIBUTION OF MEAT
ALLAH INCREASES YOUR CHARITY
BLESSINGS FROM AN UNEXPECTED SOURCE
DO NOT BE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD
GENEROSITY
PROTECTION FROM THE FIRE
GENEROSITY AND MISERLINESS
BEST ACTIONS
FORTY KINDS OF GOOD DEEDS
GIVER AND RECEIVER
THE GENEROSITY OF THE PROPHET
Praise and peace be upon him
EXAMPLE OF THE PROPHET, praise and peace be upon him
FOR THE LOVE OF ISLAM
THE PROPHET WAS NEVER MISERLY, praise and peace be
upon him
THE PROPHET, praise and peace be upon him AND THE
BEDOUINS
DEEDS FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH
THREE GUARANTEED THINGS
DEFINITION OF A MISER AND A
GENEROUS PERSON
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8. GENEROSITY AND MISERLINESS
LIKENESS OF A MISER AND A GENEROUS PERSON
AVOID BEING MISERLY
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