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, “I swear by Allah for three (qualities).” Our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam swore by these three things as truth. “Firstly, no wealth is diminished by Sadaqah (charity).” That is, whoever says that their wealth or money has decreased because of sadaqah is lying. Because our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is truthful and says nothing but the truth. He ﷺ says, “Give sadaqah.” “If a servant forgives an injustice done to him, Allāh ﷻ will surely augment his honor.” They have wronged him, he forgives, he leaves it to Allāh ﷻ, and Allāh ﷻ increases his honor. “Forgive so that Allāh ﷻ may honor you.” That is, if you forgive, you will honor others. If you do forgive, even if it does not benefit you, the person’s wrongdoing remains with him. “If someone opens the door of begging for himself, Allāh ﷻ will surely open the door of poverty for him.” So if someone begs for money or does other things like that, it will also cause poverty.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “I know these three things are true. The first is, if the person forgives an injustice done to him, Allāh ﷻ will definitely increase his honor for this.” So, if he is right, if someone else oppresses him and if he does not do anything to them, he will definitely become honored, he will rise above them, his degree will increase. “If a person opens a door to begging with the intention of increasing his wealth, Allāh ﷻ will definitely increase his poverty.” So, if he does not have money, he begs and asks for money to get more money, or he receives money but cannot give it, this causes poverty, not profit. “If a person opens a door for himself to give sadaqah, seeking the pleasure of Allāh ﷻ, Allāh ﷻ will surely increase his wealth.” So, as much as one has to give sadaqah, that wealth does not decrease, it increases with sadaqah. That’s why, sadaqah is very important. A person must definitely give sadaqah every day; sadaqah important for his own needs, for his own benefit, so that his reward increases for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, and for all kinds of good things.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “One in three people had ten dinars.” Dinar can be gold or something else, or ten pieces. He donated one dinar. So this man’s entire property was ten dinars. He donated one of them. So he gave one-tenth. “Someone else had ten Ooqiyyahs and gave as charity one Ooqiyyah.” Ooqiyyah is probably two hundred grams. That’s one kilo for five kilos. He also donated one-tenth of his wealth. “One of them had a hundred Ooqiyyahs and he donated ten of them.” They all gave a tenth. Since they all donated one-tenth of their wealth, they are equal in reward. So, one gave too much of his wealth, and the other gave a little. But all of them gave their one-tenth so they received the same reward.

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 best person is the poor believer who gives as much as he can.” He is poor but he will still give sadaqah, his sadaqah is according to his situation and that is the best. The charity he gives is the best charity. Because he is poor, and he definitely gives sadaqah.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “The best door of goodness is charity.” There are many good deeds, there are many good things to do. But charity is the best, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “The best of you is the one with the longest hand, i.e. who gives sadaqah.” Our Prophet ﷺ said, “Khayrukunna,” which means he ﷺ is addressing the ladies. It’s addressed to women, but it also applies to everyone. The one with the longest hand means the one who gives more charity.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “A Dirham surpassed a hundred thousand Dirhams.” The one dirham sadaqah received more rewards than the hundred thousand sadaqah, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. “A man had two Dirhams and gave one in charity,” that is, he gave half of his property to charity. “And another man went part of his wealth and took out a hundred thousand Dirhams and gave them in charity.” He gave a hundred thousand but he has more than a hundred thousand millions more. That’s why, this one dirham gives more reward to a person than a hundred thousand dirhams.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Sadaqa given in secret extinguishes the wrath of the Lord.” So it is better to give it secretly. One should give it without offending people, and without it being seen as charity.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Sadaqah given by a Muslim prolongs life and averts an evil death.” Charity prolongs life. It also protects from evil death, may Allāh ﷻ protect us. There are very strange things in bad deaths. And what is even more important is, “Allāh ﷻ removes the feeling of boasting and arrogance from a person with sadaqah.” So, one does not act arrogant or boastful. They are bad traits, traits that Allāh ﷻ dislikes. Allāh ﷻ will not make him do this or that.

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, “Sadaqah closes seventy doors from evil.” If there is any kind of evil or bad things, those doors will be closed and the believer will be protected.

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, “Sadaqa guards against an evil type of death.” May Allāh ﷻ protect us from bad death.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Charity closes the doors of seventy troubles, the smallest of which is leprosy and leucoderma.” So the benefit of charity is very great. People don’t care that much, they spend money on unnecessary things. If they are going to give a penny for a good thing, they think, “Why did I pay so much!” May Allāh ﷻ protect us. May Allāh ﷻ make us among those who give sadaqah insha’Allah.

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 goodness to come and evil to be gone. For the strength of our īmān. 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. For goodness to come and evil to be gone. For the strength of our īmān. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 16 June 2026/ 01 Muharram 1448 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul