Ḥadīth Lesson: The Importance of Sadaqah

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al-Ḥaqqānī. Madad.

1Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “When a servant gives charity, even if it is just a piece of bread, that charity grows in the sight of Allāh ﷻ to the size of Mount Uhud.” So, small or great acts of charity are acceptable to Allāh ﷻ. A person should not live without charity.

2Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Charity given secretly extinguishes the wrath of the Lord.” While it can be given openly, secretly done charity is more acceptable. Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says that charity done secretly extinguishes the wrath of Allāh ﷻ. “Maintaining kinship ties, that is, visiting relatives, prolongs life.” It prolongs a person’s life. Visiting family, siblings, uncles, and relatives prolongs one’s life. “Doing good closes the doors of evil.” So, if you do good to people, the doors of evil will close to you, and no harm will come to you. “Saying ‘La Ilaha illa Allah’ closes 99 doors of calamity, the smallest of which is sorrow and grief.” That is, it closes so many doors of

calamity. When people are in distress, they should say “La Ilaha illa Allah” so that their distress will go away, insha’Allah.

3Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Besides zakat, there are other rights that must be paid on a property.” So, besides zakat, if there are debts or other things involved, if someone has taken another’s property, those rights must also be paid. It’s not just zakat; the rights on that property must also be paid.

4Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The prayers a person performs atone for the fitnahs committed because of their family, property, wealth, self, children, and neighbors.” This could be regarding property, oneself, children, or neighbors. “The prayers one performs, the fasting one observes, the charity one gives, enjoining good and forbidding evil serve as atonement.” The things they did, knowingly or unknowingly, can be atoned for by prayer, fasting, charity, or good deeds; they will be forgiven, by the will of Allāh ﷻ.

5Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says this to Sayyidina Bilal al-Habashi. But, he ﷺ is speaking to all of us by the means of Sayyidina Bilal. “O Bilal, give charity. And do not fear any impoverishment from the Lord of the Throne.” Allāh ﷻ is the Lord of the

Throne. He tells Sayyidina Bilal not to fear that he will run out of money. Give, and Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla will not diminish your wealth; charity will not diminish your possessions.

6Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Give charity and do not count what you give. Then,” he says this to Sayyida Asma, the daughter of Sayyidina Abu Bakr. “O Asma, give charity and do not count what you give,” he says. “Give (in charity) and do not give reluctantly lest Allah should give you in a limited amount.” Do not calculate, “I have done this much, that I have done this much.” Give, and Allah ﷻ will give you more without counting. “And do not withhold your money lest Allah should withhold it from you.” He says, don’t hoard money, give it away. If you hoard, you don’t give, and Allah ﷻ will give you just enough, not more. When you give, He ﷻ gives even more.

7Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Give the sadaqa early without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity.” So, as we always say, every morning before leaving the house, prepare a box and put out the charity, put out your daily charity. That is what our Holy Prophet ﷺ commanded, what he ﷺ gave as advice to people: Everyone should put sadaqah in their homes in the morning before going out. “But I go out and give, I give 35 thousand lira a week.” No, you have to do it every day. Give it early, he ﷺ says. “Bākiru” means early.

8Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Remove your sorrows and griefs with charity.” If you have sorrow or grief, alleviate it with charity. “Thus, Allah will make you discerning in what harms you and will help you against your enemies.” Therefore, sadaqah is very important.

9Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Give sadaqah. For a time will come when a person will walk around with charity in his hand, and the person he wants to give it to will say, ‘If you had come yesterday, I would have accepted it. But now I don’t need it,’ and the person will find no one to give charity to.” That is, a time will come when there will be no one left to give charity to, no one to attain that reward by. Not everyone will be in need. Therefore, if you have charity, “give it directly,” says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. That time will come, in the time of the Mahdi ‘alayhi s-salam, when everything, all the treasures, all the gold, will be sent forth. No one will find anyone to give zakat to, nor anyone to receive charity. People will say, “I don’t want it,” and “I have money, what shall I do with this?” This is from our Prophet’s foretelling, nubuwwah. That’s coming, insha’Allah. It is near, insha’Allah.

10-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Give charity, for surely charity will save you from hellfire.” With charity, you will both attain paradise and be saved from hellfire. Give sadaqah.

11-Qala RasuluLlah salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ (peace be upon him ﷺ) says:

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Give charity, even if it is just a date.” So, whatever you give, it is charity—bread, dates, water, everything is charity. So give, even if a single date. “Because that one date satisfies the needs of the hungry.” It satisfies the needs of a hungry person. “Just as water extinguishes fire, charity wipes away sins.”

Sadaqa RasuluLlah fi ma qal, aw kama qal. The Messenger of Allāh ﷻ says the truth in what he ﷺ said or as he ﷺ said.

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Ihda’ – Dedication: Ziyadatan ila sharafi’ ‘n-Nabi, sallaLlahu `alayhi wa sallam wa Alihi wa Asahabihi l-kiram, wa ila arwahi jamee’i al Anbiya’i wa l-Mursalin wa Khudama’i sharai’ihim wa ila arwahi al ‘Aimmati al arba’a, wa ila arwahi Mashayyikhina fi t-Tariqati n-Naqshbandiyyati l-Aliyyah, khassatan Imamu t-Tariqah wa Ghawthu l-Khaliqah Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, wa sai’ri Sadatina wa s-Siddiqiyun, wa man nahnu fi hadratihim wa jiwarihim. To the souls of all our ancestors. For the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ. Li-Llahi Ta’ala, Al-Fatiha.

[(Translation) To the honor of the Prophet, Prayers and Peace be upon Him, and his family, and his companions, and the souls of all the prophets as well as of His messengers and of those who served their Sharia, and to the souls of the four Imams. And to the souls of our Mashayikh of the Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Tariqa, in particular to the soul of the Imam of the Tariqa Ghawth al-Khaliqa (the Help of Creation), Khwaja Bahauddin Muhammad al-Uwaisiyi l-Bukhari, Sayyidina Abdul Khaliq al Ghujduwani, Mawlana Shaykh Sharafuddin al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Abdullah al Faiz al Daghestani, Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al Haqqani, and the rest of our masters and Siddiqiyun, and to whom we are in their presence and near them. To the souls of all our ancestors. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 19 May 2026/ 02 Dhul Hijjah 1447 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul