Chapter: On Recommended Charity

Alongside the obligatory zakah on one’s wealth, there is a voluntary charity (ṣadaqah) that may be offered at any time, for the Quran and the Sunnah encourage it without restriction. Allah, Exalted be He, has urged it in many verses of His noble Book:

“—and who, despite their love for it, give wealth to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask, and for freeing slaves.” (Quran 2:177)

“And that you give in charity is better for you, if only you knew.” (Quran 2:280)

“Who is it that will lend Allah a goodly loan, so He may multiply it for him many times over?” (Quran 2:245)

The Prophet ﷺ said, “Charity extinguishes the Lord’s anger and wards off an evil death,” reported by al-Tirmidhī, who declared it sound.

In the two Ṣaḥīḥ collections it is narrated: “Seven persons will be shaded by Allah in His shade on the day when there is no shade except His…”