 السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على أشفف المرسلين سيدنا ونبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم يا ربنا لك الحمد كما ينبغي اللي جلال وجهك وعظيم سلطانك اللهم يا رحم الراحمين لفتح علينا فتوح العارفين يسير لنا يا الله اليوم إن شاء الله our حديث will be about giving it's giving زكاة صدقة شريطة and also about the other type of giving so let's start بسم الله عن أبيه ريرات رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال الله تعالى أنفق يبنى آدم أنفق عليك so أبيه ريرا قررت أن سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم قال that الله سبحانه وتعالى has said if you spend son of Adam I shall spend on you there are several eyes in the holy Quran that order people to spend of their wealth and give the poor and in Surah Al-Baqarah الله سبحانه وتعالى says وأقيم الصلاة وآت الزكاة وما تقدم لأنفسكم من خير تجدوه عند الله إن الله بما تعملون بصير establish prayer and give zaka and whatever good you put forward for yourself you will find it with Allah and indeed Allah of what you do is saying so Allah سبحانه وتعالى ordered people to give to pay zaka to pay charity to help others who are in need to help those who are less fortunate and when Allah سبحانه وتعالى ordered this type of helping each other if you look at the society then you will find that it's a strong society the rich takes care of the poor the one who possesses gives those who don't have so establishing the prayer is not enough we should always give sadaqa and on the basics of Islam إقامة الصلاة وإتاء الزكا so they go together establishing prayer performing the prayer and giving zaka giving charity and we always say it صلاة الفاتحة إياة نعبد so we يا الله we worship you you ordered to do something and we will follow so you ordered us to spend and we will so it's not only the wealthy people who live and who help who people also help each other I myself know a lady who is less fortunate she comes to houses she helps the lady of the house too with her housework and everything and later on I heard about this woman that she pays charity for others who are less fortunate for her than her she also has orphans help also she pays for orphans so imagine this amount of money that she receives from from her work during the day she gets a good amount of it just to help those who are less fortunate than her and this is what it really means إياة نعبد so Allah ordered us to to give people to pay صدق to pay charity to pay zaka so everyone helps other people the way that they can do it and Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in صورة البقرة الذين يؤمنون بالغيب ويقيمون الصلاة ومن ما رزقناهم ينفقون those who are conscious of Allah this is in the before هدا المتقين الذين يؤمنون بالغيب those who are conscious of Allah those who believe in the unseen what do they do so they believe in the unseen they establish prayer يقيمون الصلاة ومن ما رزقناهم ينفقون and they spend out of what we have provided for them and the ayahs goes on and on and on about giving charities so some people would say if I give then my my wealth might be off it will lessen and I will not I will not be able to collect more and more so what do we say الله سبحانه وتعالى mentioned these people in surah al-Isra in ayah 100 when he said say if you possessed these presentaries of the mercy of my lord then you would withhold out of fear of spending and ever has man billion stingy so الله سبحانه وتعالى is the owner and not the humans because some people would would be stingy they would not want to give because they are afraid that this would lessen their fortune this would lessen their wealth but if we if we look at it actually so how does it go now remember whatever you have will end whatever you have will end but whatever Allah has is everlasting so رضي الله عنه one day the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم had slaughtered a sheep and distributed major portions of its meat then صلى الله عليه وسلم asked what's left of it she said what's left of it she said all of it is left other than that so the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم had slaughtered a sheep and he distributed major portions of its meat then he صلى الله عليه وسلم asked what is left what is left of the meat and actually she said nothing except the shoulder so they they distributed everything he gave everything except the shoulder but hearing what رضي الله عنه he he looked at her and he said to her all of it is left except its shoulder so all of it is left with Allah سبحانه و تعالى all of it is left with Allah سبحانه و تعالى and the shoulder that was left is going to be eaten and that's it so now we might say okay so who to give charity who to give صدقاء who to give zakat too and Allah سبحانه و تعالى made it so clear in the Quran and he said in Surah Tawbah in ayah 60 so charity expenditure are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect zakat and for bringing hearts together and this is for Islam and for fearing captives or slaves for freeing captives or slaves and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the standard traveler for this trend traveler an obligation imposed by Allah and Allah is knowing and wise so these are the charity expenditures the poor they don't have money and the needy so what's the difference between the poor and the needy them is less fortunate than the other they the the poor does not have anything the needy has little bit but it's not enough for him and for those employed to collect the zakat so these are the people who work and they go this is how it was so they used to go from one place to another to collect the zakat so those people who do this job if they are poor we have to give them and and sometimes you pay it for bringing hearts together for Islam so you know that they are in need and they never knew about Islam before when you give them and you tell them this is the zakat and this will capture their hearts that this is a generous religion وَلْغَارِ مِنَ وَفْيُرِقَّب وَفْيُرِقَّب is for you can't pay zakat to free captives or to free slaves so these are وَفْيُرِقَّبِ وَلْغَارِ مِنَ those who are in debt you can't pay your zakat to someone who is in debt who cannot pay back the person who gave him the money you can do that you can help those people and for the cause of Allah وَبْنِ سَبِيل so if the sable is the traveler he might be rich but he lost his money so now he is without money and this is called this person is called وَبْنُ سَبِيلَ and you can give your صدق you can give your zakat to that person to help him so what is all of this these charity expenditures this is an obligation from Allah الله سبحانه وتعالى is the all knowing he knows everything he knows who has he knows who deserves he is the wise he wants people to help each others he wants strong communities strong societies sometimes people might be in need but they do not show it and Allah mentioned this part of people this type of people in Surah Al-Baqara 2.73 للفقراء الذين أحصرو في سبيل الله لا يستطيعون ضربا في الأرض في الأرض يحسبهم الجاهل أغنية من التعافف تعرفهم بسماهم لا يسألون الناس الحافة وما تنفق فإن الله به يعلم فحفظ فحفظ للأرض who have been restricted for the cause of Allah unable to move about in the land like sometimes if a person is poor in his country then he might go to another country to seek some and get more money than he can get in his country but these people here they are unable to move about in the land so an ignorant person would think them self sufficient because of their restraint they would not they would not show that they are poor but you will know them by the characteristic sign by their characteristic sign you will know those people they do not ask people for persistently or they do not ask at all they feel it shameful to ask people for help so these are the type of people that do not show they are in need but Allah SWT this I am I saying and whatever you spend of good ومات ونفق من خير فإن الله بالعليم indeed Allah is knowing of it so Allah SWT puts mercy in the hearts of people and with this mercy we find people taking care of each others and I am going to tell you a true story reported by someone who does not want his name to be mentioned he said once I was in need for money and I had only $10 remaining from the monthly salary only $10 and though it was not the end of the month yet but this is all I had and I kept on thinking how to get money how to get money but I did not find any solution and suddenly I remembered the Hadith Qudsi the one that we started our session today with where Sayyed the Muhammad SAW narrated that O son of Adam spend and I will spend on you this is what Allah SWT said and this is a true Hadith so I said to myself I had only this way to resort to that's the only way so I quickly went to a charitable institution and donated all that I had $10 now this person has nothing but he says I was certain that Allah would compensate me with what's better so look at this strong belief in Allah so he said I spent the night with a tranquil soul and a peaceful mind and in the morning I went to my work with feelings of happiness and comfort so he said I settled in the chair and started to check some papers on my desk in order to achieve some work in a short period the router the telephone rank and it was a call from the treasurer who said come in come quickly in order to receive your bonus and this person says I astonishingly said what bonus do you mean and he said a bonus for achieving excellent work come quickly and don't be late so he says I put the receiver and I sat on my chair with a great joy and I may draw to Allah to reward me in the day after just as he compensated me in this world so I then went to receive the bonus and it was more than $200 immediately immediately this person had in mind that I depended on Allah and this is the fruit of giving in charity and not only giving in charity but also relying on Allah and asking Allah only and dispensing with what people have so just depend on Allah so in addition to the reward to the reward of the hereafter spending money for the sake of Allah has good consequences in this worldly life including blessings in one's age blessings in sustenance righteousness of the offspring and protection from calamities and this reminds us of Sayyidina Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم when he says دا ومرضاكم بالصدقة so heal and seek people seek loved ones with giving charity and again I'm going to tell you a story this is a family I really know I know this family well this family is very well off and the aunt suddenly they discovered that she has cancer and her brother went to one of the friends of Allah one of the sheyoo and he said to him see this my sister has cancer and I don't know what to do he said I will not tell you what to do medically but I will tell you something that if you do Allah has promised that there will be amazing consequences دا ومرضاكم بالصدقة so give and heal your loved sequence by giving lots of charity so he said okay so what do we do he said he went to so many hospitals to so many doctors and they all told you that she has this a period of life this few months to live give صدقة and give it with real belief that Allah will heal her he said okay so what do we do what do I give he said just take a big amount of your wealth and remember those people are wealthy people so take big amount of your wealth and give it in charity to one person who is in need and they did and after this a woman had to go back to see her doctors and they did a CT scan and they looked at her and they said what did you do where did you get your remedy what happened how did you heal yourself and she was cancer free they promised her to live a few months and she lived over 20 years and this is the blessings of giving this was a promise and there will be a consequence for that promise so just give and so many stories to to show the importance of giving and to be a true giver so we will learn from those stories but I think we'll we'll stop with these two examples here okay now so spend for the sake of all and always remember you will find the reward on the day of judgment and you will be highly rewarded الله سبحانه وتعالى says in سورة البقر verse 261 الله سبحانه وتعالى so the example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah for the sake of Allah is like a seed a seed of grain which grows seven spikes in each spike is a hundred grains and Allah multiplies his reward for whom he wills and Allah is all encompassing and Allah is knowing He knows if you spend like a speck amount He knows of it and He will reward you for that and Do not ever drink Esta try to avoid help fire even with a peace of date the date we eat even a peace if you give it for the sake of Allah then that will be saved وعند الله سبحانه وتعالى يدفعه يدفعه يدفعه أفضل لذا you see the like of spending for the sake of Allah is like a seed of grain when you planted then it will give spikes and each spike will have grains in it so imagine the reward that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has given has promised to give on the day of judgment and we know that يمين الله ملأ سحا أولا يغنينها شنيء لليلة والنهار so if Allah rewards day and night nothing would lessen from what he owns when you help someone then Allah would say you are showing generosity to my slaves to my creatures to my people then on the day of judgment I will show you the real generosity الله is the real generous whom highly rewards who multiply the rewards so be generous be generous for whatever you spend on yourself is only for your temporary sustenance while whatever you spend in the way of Allah is an investment in your future for which Allah will provide everlasting sustenance so Allah will keep it for you until the day of judgment whatever you spend in this dunya is okay it's gone it's gone if you spend it on food, on clothing, houses, cars you can enjoy of course your wealth and Allah سبحانه وتعالى loves to see the blessings that he has given you he loves to see that you are enjoying the blessings but always remember that what you give for his sake is an everlasting sustenance so invest with Allah سبحانه وتعالى this is the highest reward if you know that if you buy this stock it will give you a return of 200% and you will definitely be rich and then you will buy it and this is a promise from Allah سبحانه وتعالى that he will multiply all that you invest with him all that you give for his sake so صدق or charity of course is not compulsory what is obligatory however is zakat and zakat is a fixed percentage of your حلال of your low savings if they meet the conditions of giving zakat so this percentage that you give is meant to purify your wealth and increase your wealth so when you recognize the needs of those who are less fortunate then you are obeying Allah سبحانه وتعالى in paying zakat and Allah will highly reward you so the very meaning of the term zakat signifies purification it signifies multiplying of your wealth because what you give for the sake of Allah will be highly rewarded it will purify your money it will purify your wealth and it will be highly rewarded and Allah سبحانه وتعالى says in Surah Al-Tawbah ayah 103 خذ من أموالهم صدقتاً تطهيرهم وتزكيهم بها so of their wealth take alms to purify and sanctify them and in Surah Al-Lail he talks about سيدنا أبو بكر and Allah سبحانه وتعالى says الذي يؤتي ما له يتزكى he that spends his positions on others so that he might grow in purity وما لأحد عنده من نعمة تجزى and not giving for anyone who has done him a favor to be rewarded he gives why إلا ابتغى أوجه ربه الأعلى but only seeking the countenance of his Lord Most High so he spends only for the sake of Allah سبحانه وتعالى to please Allah سبحانه وتعالى ولا سوف يرضى and he is going to be satisfied الله سبحانه وتعالى will highly reward him so this is a promise from Allah سبحانه وتعالى whatever you spend will be highly rewarded let's stop on one point so is spending for the sake of Allah just spending money of course the cat is spending money but what about صدق صدق سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم says تبسمك في وجه أخيك صدق you're smiling for you for your brother is صدق so there are different ways of paying صدق sometimes people say I don't have any money to give we need money and we need people to give us money but still they can pay صدق they can have good manners they can help each other they can do they can spend emotionally they can so spending is not only by money and someone can achieve صدق by spending of their time sometimes people need help and sometimes you do voluntary work just to help people so you are taking some of your time just to give for people for the sake of Allah سبحانه وتعالى spending also can be spending knowledge and you can teach you know something you can teach it سيد محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم says خيركم من تعلم القرآن وعلمه the best of you is the one who learns the Quran and teach it so the best surah to teach people especially who are new in Islam is الفاتحة why first of all as we mentioned earlier in previous sessions that الفاتحة is a summary for the whole Quran secondly it is the surah that is repeated in each ركحة that we pray so if you teach someone who is new to Islam how to read the فاتحة imagine the reward that you would get whatever this person prays so this is spending knowledge and of course there is spending emotionally and you spend emotionally by showing love by taking care of others by showing and practicing good manners so there are so many ways of spending of giving صدق so when you when a mom shows love to her family she takes care of her children she takes care of her home she takes care of her parents she takes care of her in-laws she takes care of all around her then this is صدق and especially when she does that with the intention that I'm doing it for your sake I'm not waiting for anyone to reward me I'm not waiting for anyone to say thank you I'm doing it only for your sake I know that I will be rewarded in the day after I know that if no one sees what I'm doing then you Allah see whatever I'm doing so showing love in this way is a type of worship if it is connected with a good intention also taking care of others when you take care of the elderly when you take care of your parents when you take care of a sick person when you take care of your neighbors then again this is spending emotionally this is spending for the sake of Allah so when you spend do it with the intention that I want you to be pleased I want to please you you have given us mercy and you put mercy in our hearts we want to use this mercy we want to show this mercy to others because the same way that when Allah سبحانه و تعالى says to his generous slave you are showing generosity to others I will show you the real generosity on the day of judgment you are showing mercy to others I will show you the real mercy on the day of judgment and we all need the mercy of Allah سبحانه و تعالى we all need the generosity of Allah سبحانه و تعالى we all need the shade of Allah سبحانه و تعالى on the day of judgment when there is no shade except his shade so we need you ya Allah we want you to guide us to whatever pleases you and we want you to connect our heart with the heart of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم who is our model we want to follow his steps we want to be guided with the light of the Quran we want to read the Quran, understand the Quran and apply the Quran in our lives so we ask you ya Allah to help us along this journey that we are all taking to you we know that we are all coming back to you to be in front of you and we want to be winners on that day ya Allah we want you to help us during that day ya Allah we want you to show us your mercy we want you to show us your generosity on that day ya Allah so we ask for your guidance we ask that you protect us you protect our children you protect all the Ummah of سيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم and until we meet next week we send our best Salam وبالسلوات تسيدنا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته