Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Alms-giving
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ALMS-GIVING
Believers, bestow in alms a part of that with which
We have provided you, before there comes a day
when there shall be neither trading, nor friendship
nor intercession. Truly it is the unbelievers who are
the wrongdoers (2:254).
He who spends his wealth in the way of God is
like a grain of corn that sprouts seven ears, every
ear bearing a hundred grains. God gives
abundance to whom He wills; God is munificent
and all-knowing. Those who spend their wealth
in the way of God then do not follow up what
they spend with reproaches and insults shall be
rewarded by their Lord; they shall have nothing
to fear or regret. A kind word with forgiveness is
better than almsgiving followed by insults. God
is self-sufficient and clement. Believers, do not
mar your almsgiving with taunts and mischief-
making, like those who spend their wealth only
to be seen and praised by people, and believe
neither in God nor in the Last Day. Such people
are like a rock covered with a little earth; a
shower falls upon it and leaves it hard and bare.
