Al Quran

Fasting and Qur’an will intercede for the servant on the Day of Judgment. It is narrated on the authority of ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Amr, may Allah be pleased with them, that he said: the Messenger of Allah said: “Both fasting and Qur’an will intercede for a servant on the Day of Judgment. Fasting will say: ‘O Lord! I have caused him to give up food and (sexual) desire during the day. So, please, accept my intercession for him.’ The Qur’an will say: ‘O Lord! I have caused him to spend the night sleepless. So, please, accept my intercession for him.’ Thus, their intercession will be accepted for him.” [Reported by Ahmad in his Musnad] Therefore, we should start learning Allah’s Book by heart. Recite what you have learned during Prayer and keep reciting the Qur’an as much as you can.

Charity

The greatness of Sadaqah can be felt by knowing that we are having a trade with Allah (Subhanhu Wa Ta’ala) The Most Generous, He is the One who gave us our money at first place, yet He is not saying that give this money back to me! He is saying to us: Who gives Allah a loan? If we were to be offered a great business deal with great people, would we be stingy!? We would even wish that we have more money to put in that investment! So what about Allah? By Sadaqah you are having a transaction with Allah directly, and this is the virtue of it. Charity is not necessary to be a monetary Sadaqa, but it has a wider meaning.

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, “On every joint of man, there is charity, on every day when the sun rises: doing justice between two men is charity, and assisting a man to ride an animal or to load his luggage on it is charity; and a good word is charity, every step which one takes towards (the mosque for) Salat is charity, and removing harmful things from the way is charity”. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. Therefore, we should keep on taking care of the poor and the needy.

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