Category: Tirmidhi

Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: “Indeed Allah accepts charity, and He accepts it with His Right (Hand) to nurture it for one of you, just like one of you would nurture his foal, until the bite (of food) becomes as large as Uhud.” The Book of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime testifies to that: ‘He accepts repentance from His worshipers, and accepts charity.’And: ‘Allah will destroy Riba and give increase for charity.’ 1 And: ‘Allah will destroy Riba and will give increase for charity.’ 2 (Abu ‘Eisa) said: This Hadith is (Hasan) Sahih. It has been reported from’Aishah from the Prophet similarly. More than one of the people of knowledge have spoken about this Hadith, and the narrations that resemble it about the Attributes
and the Descent of the Lord, Blessed and Most High, every night to the lowest Heaven. They said: “The narrations about these are affirmed and should be believed in without misinterpreting them nor saying ‘how’.” It has been reported
like this from Malik (bin Anas), Suf’ãn bin ‘Uyainah, ‘Abdullãh bin A1-Mubarak; they would say about these Hadith: They are conveyed without saying how. This is the view of the people of knowledge among Ahl As-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah. As for
the Jahmiyyah, they reject these narrations and they say that this is
Tashbih. 3 And in other places in His Book, Allah, Blessed and Most
High is He, has mentioned the Hand, the Hearing, the Seeing, so the Jahmiyyah misinterpret these Ayãt and give them interpretations other than the interpretations of the people of knowledge. They say that Allah did not create Adam with His Hand, and they say the meaning of Hand is merely power. Isaq bin Ibrahim said: At-Tashbih is only when one says ‘Hand; like a hand or similar to a hand’ or ‘Hearing; like hearing or similar to hearing.’ So
when one says ‘Hearing; like hearing or similar to hearing’ then this is the Tashbih. As for when one says as Allah (Most High) said, Hand, Hearing, Seeing, and he does not say ‘how’ nor say ‘similar to hearing’ nor ‘like hearing’ then this is not Tashbih. It is merely as Allah, Blessed and Most High is He said: ‘There is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.'(Ash-Shüra 42:11). 1: At-Tawbah 9:104. 2: Al-Baqarah 2:276. 3: Anthropomorphism, resembling Allah to creatures.

Ali narrated: “Al-Abbas asked the Messenger of Allah about paying his charity (Zakat) in advance before its time is due (by being in possession for a whole year), he permitted him to do that.”

Anas narrated that : the Prophet was asked which fast was most virtuous after Ramadan? He said: “Sha’ban in honor of Ramadan” He said: “Which charity is best?” He (pbuh) said: “Charity in Ramadan.”

Ali narrated that : the Prophet said to Umar: “We have taken this year’s Zakat from Al-Abbas in the previous year.”

Anas bin Malik narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: “Indeed charity extinguishes the Lord’s anger and it protects against the evil death.”

Abu Hurairah narrated that he heard : the Messenger of Allah saying: “For one of you to go out early to gather firewood and carry it on his back so that he can give charity from it and be free of need from the people, is better for him than to ask a man who may give that to him or refuse. Indeed the upper hand (giving) is more virtuous than the lower hand (receiving), and begin with (those who are) your dependants.”

Abdur-Rahman bin Bujaid narrated from his grandmother; : Umm Bujaid – and she was one of those who gave the pledge to the Prophet – she said to the Messenger of Allah: “There is a needy person who stands outside my door, but I cannot find anything to give to him.” So the Messenger of Allah said to her: “If you do not find anything to give him except a burnt trotter then hand it over to him.”

Sa’eed bin Al-Musayyab narrated from Safwan bin Umayyah who said: “The Messenger of Allah gave to me on the Day of Hunain, and he was the most hated creature to me. But he did not stop giving to me until he was the most loved creature to me.”

Abdullah bin Buraidah narrated from his father: “I was sitting with the Prophet when a woman came to him and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! I gave a slave girl to my mother in charity and she died.’ He said: ‘Your reward is already established, and your right to inherit her has returned it (that Sadaqah) to you.’ She said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! There was a month of fasting due on her, shall I perform the fast for her?’ He said: ‘Fast on her behalf.’ She said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! She never performed Hajj, shall I perform Hajj for her?’ He said: ‘Yes, perform Hajj on her behalf.’”

Ibn Umar narrated that : Umar gave a horse to be used in the cause of Allah. Then he saw it being sold, so he wanted to buy it, but the Prophet said: “Do not take back what you have given in charity.”