Chapter 62: About the Superiority of the Thankful Wealthy One

Translation: Allah said:

Translation: " As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and fears Him * And believes in Al-Hosna (He believed that Allah will compensate him abundantly for what he has given in charity or he believed in the Word of Piety, La ilah illa Allah (None has the right to be worshipped except Allah)) * We will make smooth for him the path of ease (goodness). * (92: 5-7) And

Translation: " And the pious person will be far removed from it (Hell). * (It is) he who spends his wealth to increase in self-purification * And who has (in mind) no favor for anyone will be repaid * Except only the desire to seek the Countenance of his Lord, the Most High * He surely will be pleased (when he will enter Paradise). (92: 17-21) And

Translation: " If you disclose your As-Sadaqat (giving in charity), it is well, but if you conceal it, and give it to the poor, that is better for you. (Allah) will expiate you some of your misdeeds. And Allah is Well-Acquainted with what you do. * " (2: 271) And

Translation: " By no means shall you attain righteousness (here it means Allah's Reward), unless you spend (in Allah's Cause) of what you love. And whatever of good you spend, Allah knows it well. * " (3: 92) From the sayings of the Messenger of Allah:

Translation: 255. Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'oud: ' The Prophet said: “ Do not wish to be like anyone except in two situations. The first is a person, whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously (according to what Allah has ordained in a just and right way); (the second is) the one whom Allah has given Hikma (wisdom, i.e. the knowledge of the Koran and Sunna (the legal ways) of the Prophet and he acts according to it and teaches it to others. " (Bukhari)

Translation: 256. Narrated Abu-Huraira: ' Allah's Messenger said: " One should not hope to be like another except in two cases, a person whom Allah has taught the Koran and he recites it during the hours of the night and during the hours of the day, and his neighbor listens to him and says: " I wish I had been given what so and so has been given, so that I might do what he does, " and a person whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it on what is just and right, whereupon another person may say: " I wish I had been given what so and so has been given, for then I would do what he does. " " (Bukhari)

Translation: 257. Narrated Abu-Huraira: ' Some poor people came to the Prophet and said: “ The wealthy people will attain higher levels and will have permanent enjoyment, as they offer the prayer like us and observe fasting as we do, but they have more money by which they can perform the Hajj and Omra, fight and struggle in Allah's Cause, and give in charity. The Prophet ﷺ said: “ Shall I not tell you a thing upon which if you act you will become equal to those who have surpassed you? Nobody will surpass you and you would be better than the people amongst whom you live, except those who would do the same. Say " ' Sobhan Allah (Glory be to Allah), Al- Hamdolillah (Praise be to Allah) and Allaho Akbar (Allah is the Most Great) thirty three times each after every (compulsory) prayer. ” (Bukhari)

Translation: The narrator said: ' We differed and some of us said that we should say Sobhan Allah thirty three times and Al Hamdolillah thirty three times and Allah Akbar thirty four times, so I went to the Prophet ﷺ who said: “ Say, “ Sobhan Allah and Al Hamdolillah and Allaho Akbar all of them for thirty three times ' " " ". (Bukhari)