Ḥadīth Lesson: On Giving 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, “Giving charity fully and properly, doing goodness in the good and bad, being kind to your parents, maintaining family ties, and caring for relatives transforms misfortune into happiness.” So, it rights a person’s bad state, turns it into happiness, and prolongs life. Doing good closes the doors to evil. Just as unhappy in this world will give charity to become happy. They will take good care of their parents. They will not sever ties with their relatives. This will transform their unhappiness into happiness, prolong their life, and protect them from a bad death, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

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 in the morning eliminate disasters (afflictions).” So it prevents whatever happens to a person from disability or so. That’s why, we often tell people to give sadaqah; which is Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim’s will and advice to people. “We just give, we give a lot.” When do you give? “I give once a week.” You must give every day. Put a box aside and put in it every morning. Put three, put five, put ten in it; as much as you can. That charity is the charity of the day. You collect them all later and give

them away. As we said, give it once a week, once a month, whenever you want. But don’t leave that daily sadaqah. Sadaqah protects you and guards you from all kinds of evil.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla says, “Spend (O man), and I ﷻ shall spend on you.” If you don’t give, He ﷻ won’t give you.

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 handfuls of dates given to the poor are the dowries of the houris.” Of course, in old times, there was not as much abundance as there is now. If you were going to throw a loaf of bread like that; nothing would be found like that. The one who found two or three dates for the day was happy and thanked Allāh ﷻ. Therefore, even if you give a few dates as sadaqah, they will be the dowry of the houris in heaven.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “Everybody will be shaded by his Sadaqah (on the Day of Judgment) until it has been judged between the people.” So, there will be no shadow on the Day of Judgment. However, the one who gives sadaqah stays under the shadow until his turn comes.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “There are many beautiful-eyed ladies whose dowry is only a handful of wheat and the same in amount of dates.” So even if you pay a million in the world, you cannot find it; a handful of wheat and a handful of dates are their dowers.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Let one of you protect his face from the Fire, even if with part of a date.” So, charity saves you both here and hereafter; it saves you from Hell, and saves you from affliction in this world.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “It is better for a man to give a dirham as sadaqa during his lifetime than to give a hundred at the time of his death.” So, if he gives just when he dies or after he dies a hundred dirhams of this and that; one dirham given before his death is better than a hundred after. That’s why, when a person’s healthy - late Hajji Yashar used to say, “Whatever you give with your hand, goes with you.” So this is it. Give while you are healthy.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Even if a charity passes through the hands of a hundred people, each one of them will have the same reward as the reward of the first without any deficiency.” So, someone gave sadaqah, and he gave it to the other person, who then passed it on to 100 people. All those people will receive that reward. When there is isqāt, each person gets the reward. One gives it to another saying, “I took it, I accepted it, I gave it away, I donated it.” They will attain rewards and the one who passed away will be free of the sin of not doing that deed (worship).

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, “A person should give sadaqah from his wheat, even if it is only one Sa’.” Sa’ is a measure, our Prophet ﷺ says that one should give sadqah accordingly. “One should give sadaqah from his dates, even if it is one Sa’,” says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam.

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, “Charity does not decrease wealth.” It is not true if one says, “My wealth has decreased from sadaqah.” It doesn’t decrease, says our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. It never decreases with charity. “No one forgives another except that Allāh ﷻ increases his honor.” So one was treated unfairly. There are many people who are being treated unfairly at this time. They are cursing them, making bad du’ā’s. This is not necessary. Allāh ﷻ gives him glory. It is more honorable for him to be better. To receive the honor that Allah ﷻ has given him is better than to curse people. “And no one humbles himself for the sake of Allāh ﷻ except that Allāh ﷻ raises his status.” The one who humbles himself for the sake of Allāh ﷻ, that person’s rank rises in the sight of Allāh ﷻ and among people. Humility means that people should be humble towards Muslims, that is, not be arrogant.

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, “A man does not give anything in charity except that he frees it from the jaws of seventy devils.” So, when one wants to give sadaqah, shayṭān clamps its jaw and clings to this person from all sides in order to prevent him. So when you give sadaqah, just like a dog biting something, you are opening the mouth of the shayṭān and giving sadaqah.

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

Our Holy Prophet ﷺ is saying, “Giving sadaqah to the poor prevents evil death.” If one gives charity to the poor - may Allah ﷻ protect us, bad deaths are happening a lot everywhere, may Allah ﷻ protect us all.

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 souls of all shahīds. For happiness here and hereafter. 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 the souls of all shahīds. For happiness here and hereafter. To Allah Almighty. Al Fatiha.]

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 23 June 2026/ 08 Muharram 1448 Beylerbeyi Dergah, Istanbul