Dr. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri
Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia; Founder - Director
Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center
Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-left; "> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Charity (Sadqa) is always permissible and commendable, irrespective of whether it is for a healthy person or an ill one, for someone in ease and comfort or for someone in a difficulty<span>.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>This is because charity dispels hardships and difficulties<span>.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>The fire of the wrath of Allah Ta'ala is cooled and it is protection against a bad death or death without faith (Iman)<span>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> </span>There is a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Hadith in Jame' Tirmidhi:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Translation of Hadith:<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Anas Bin Malik (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Verily! Sadqa (Charity) dispels the anger of Allah (<i>Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala</i>) and saves from a death without Iman<span>.<span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span>(Jame' Tirmidhi, Vol. 1, Pg No. 144)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span>Sadqa is a general word</span>, regardless of whether an animal is slaughtered and its meat is distributed or it is cooked and fed or in some other way<span>.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>All are permissible and correct<span>.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Translation of Hadith:<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Indeed! The Sadqa of a believer will be a shade for him (or her) on the Day of Judgment<span>.<span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">(Musnad Imam Ahmed, Pg No. 170)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">By performing good deeds like Sadqa and the like, we become worthy of the special mercy of Allah (<i>Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala</i>) and we are rewarded with the "Qurb" (closeness) of Allah (<i>Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala</i>)<span>.<span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">As Allah Ta'ala says in Surah A'araaf:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span>..........</span>for the Mercy of Allah is (always) near to those who do good.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Surah A'araaf (7:56)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">And in Surah Baqarah:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">............for Allah loves those who do good.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Surah Baqarah (2:195)</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">When a person in any difficulty or hardship gives charity (Sadqa), then he/she is in fact treating those who receive the charity with mercy<span>.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>Through this, that person receives the special mercy of Allah Ta'ala, through which difficulties and hardships ar removed<span>.<span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">There is a Hadith:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Translation of Hadith:<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Allah (<i>Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala</i>) treats those with special mercy who treats others with mercy<span>.<span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span>(Abu Dawood, Jame' Tirmidhi, Pg No. 423)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">And Allah (<i>Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala</i>) knows best.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Qadri,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">[Naib Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Founder/Director Abul Hasanaat Islamic<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Research<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Center]</p> </span></span>