http://www.radioislam.org.za/a/index.php/library/172-zakaah/11761-sadaqah-virtues-of-spending.html
Allah says in the Holy Quran,,,, (excerpts from fazail e sadaqat)
The likeness of those who spend their wealth in Allah’s way (for good deeds) is as the likeness of a grain which grows seven ears, in every ear a hundred grains. Allah gives manifold increase to whom He wills. Allah is AllEmbracing, and All-Knowing (He knows the motive for which wealth is spent). (al-baqarah: 261)
which means.....
Ahadith say that there are six categories of deeds and four categories of men. The six types of deeds include two that are obligatory and two bring equal compensation, the fifth one brings ten times reward and the sixth may bring seven hundred times reward in return. The obligatory two are that, if a person dies without committing any ‘Shirk’ he shall go to ‘Jannah’ and if he is guilty of ‘Shirk’ he shall land himself in ‘Jahannam’.
Those at equal compensation are; if a person intends to do a good deed but is unable to accomplish it, he shall receive a single virtue as a reward for making the good intention. Similarly, if a person commits a sin, his punishment shall correspond to a single sin. When a person actually accomplishes a single good deed, his reward shall be tenfold, whereas, if he spends for the cause of Allah, his return shall be seven hundred times the value of the wealth spent.
The four categories of men referred to are as follows:
- The one who receives ample provisions in this life as well as in the ‘Akhirah’.
- The one prosperous in this life but poor and miserable in the ‘Akhirah’.
- The one who suffers hardships in this life but shall flourish in the ‘Akihirah’.
- The one who is miserable in this life as well as in the ‘Akirah’ (Kanzul Ummal).
His misery is due to poverty, and his bad deeds lead him to suffering in the ‘Akhirah’, so that both his lives are ruined. Abu Hurairah Radhiallaho anho reports Rasulullah Sallallaho alaihe wasallam as saying that whoever gives in charity the equivalent to a date that is part of lawful possession and not unlawful, Allah nourishes that date as you nourish colt, to such an extent that your provision grows up to the dimensions of a mountain. Haq Ta’ala Shanohu accepts only pure and flawless things. Allah Ta’ala increases the reward of this simple virtue to a size larger than that of mount Uhad, which is the highest mountain near Madina.
This indicates that the reward for a single virtue would grow far beyond the seven hundred times limit mentioned above. Another hadith says that when the Ayat regarding the seven hundred times reward was revealed, Rasulullah Sallallaho alaihe wasallam made a dua for a further increase of the reward, upon which the Ayat given at No. 5 was revealed. (Bayan-al-Quran).
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